Follow-up of Leishmania infantum naturally infected dogs treated with allopurinol: Immunofluorescence antibody test, ELISA and Western blot

Acta Tropica

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-181

  Vercammen, Francis ^a   Fernandez Perez, Francisco J ^b   Del Amo, Christina ^b   Alunda, Jose M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allopurinol; Dog; Follow up; Leishmania infantum; Serology

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2;

CANID; DISEASE CONTROL; IMMUNOASSAY; LEISHMANIASIS;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALLOPURINOL; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 0036890113     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00178-X     Document Type: Article

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