Epidemiology of canine leishmaniosis in Catalonia (Spain: )The example of the Priorat focus

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-97

  Fisa, R ^a   Gallego M ^a   Castillejo, S ^a   Aisa, M J ^a   Serra, T ^a   Riera, C ^a   Carrio J ^a   Gallego J ^a   Portus M ^a  

^a Dept Microbiol I Parasitol S   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dog; Epidemiology; Leishmania infantum; Spain

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOX; GOAT; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SPAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOXES; GOATS; INCIDENCE; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; RODENTIA; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; SPAIN;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA ZYMODEMES;

EID: 0345517116     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00074-6     Document Type: Article

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