Visceral leishmaniasis in a New York foxhound kennel

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-44

  Gaskin, Amanda A ^a   Schantz, Peter ^b   Jackson, Joan ^c   Birkenheuer, Adam ^a   Tomlinson, Lindsay ^a   Gramiccia, Marina ^d   Levy, Michael ^a   Steurer, Frank ^b   Kollmar, Eleanor ^e   Hegarty, Barbara C ^a   Ahn, Albert ^f   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e Village Animal Hospital   (United States)

^f BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canine; Dogs; Leishmania; Sand fly

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BARTONELLA; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EPIDEMIC; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; UNITED STATES; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BARTONELLA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEW YORK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 0036363629     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2002.tb01604.x     Document Type: Article

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