Variation in antibody titres against Leishmania infantum in naturally infected dogs in northern Morocco

Revue de Medecine Veterinaire

Volumn 151, Issue 8-9, 2000, Pages 841-846

  Nejjar, Rajae ^a   Lemrani, M ^a   Boucedda, L ^a   Amarouch, H ^a   Benslimane, A ^b  

^a Institut Pasteur du Maroc   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES AIN CHOCK   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Dogs; Leishmania infantum; Morocco; Titres variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034422748     PISSN: 00351555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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