American visceral leishmaniasis: Wild animal hosts

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 630-631

  Lainson, R ^a   Ishikawa, E A Y ^a   Silveira, F T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Leishmania (L.) chagasi; Proechimys guyannensis; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; HYBRIDIZATION; INOCULATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; RAT; RESERVOIR; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; PROECHIMYS; PROECHIMYS CANICOLLIS; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036881055     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90333-0     Document Type: Article

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