Visceral leishmaniasis in a dog from Maryland

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 217, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1686-1688

  Eddlestone, Susan M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNITED STATES; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DEPRESSION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MARYLAND; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PLATELET COUNT; PROTEINS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0034566977     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.217.1686     Document Type: Article

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