Seroprevalence of Leishmania infantum in northwestern Spain, an area traditionally considered free of leishmaniasis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1026, Issue , 2004, Pages 154-157

  Amusategui, Inmaculada ^a   Sainz, Angel ^a   Aguirre, Enara ^a   Tesouro, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canine leishmaniasis; Immunofluorescent antibody test; Leishmania infantum

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOG; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 10444280997     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1307.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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