Canine infection and the possible role of dogs in the transmission of American tegumentary leishmaniosis in Salta, Argentina

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Padilla, A M ^a   Marco, J D ^a   Diosque, P ^a   Segura, M A ^a   Mora, M C ^a   Fernandez M M ^b   Malchiodi, E L ^b   Basombrio M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dogs; Reservoirs; Tegumentary leishmaniosis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARGENTINA; BIOPSY; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SKIN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA SP.; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0037065217     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00330-8     Document Type: Article

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