Seroprevalence of antibodies against Leishmania spp among dogs in the United States

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 603-606

  Grosjean, Nicole L ^a   Vrable, Ruth A ^a   Murphy, Alice J ^a   Mansfield, Linda S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DOG; FOX; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0037369965     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.603     Document Type: Article

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