Cutaneous leishmaniosis in three horses in Spain

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 320-323

  Solano Gallego, L ^a   Fernandez Bellon H ^a   Serra, P ^a   Gallego M ^b   Ramis, A ^a   Fondevila, D ^a   Ferrer, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniosis; Horse; Leishmania infantum; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; SPAIN;

EID: 0141889515     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403776148336     Document Type: Article

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