Domestic dog ownership: A risk factor for human infection with Leishmania (Viannia) species

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-145

  Reithinger, Richard ^a,b,d   Espinoza, Juan Canales ^b   Llanos Cuentas, Alejandro ^c   Davies, Clive R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Direccion Regional de Salud Huanuco   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

American cutaneous leishmaniasis; Dogs; Epidemiology; Leishmania (Viannia) spp; Peru; Reservoir hosts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PERU; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; PROTOZOA; VIANNIA;

EID: 0142124918     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90101-5     Document Type: Article

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