Human and canine leishmaniasis in asymptomatic and symptomatic population in Northwestern Greece

Journal of Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-60

  Papadopoulou, C ^a   Kostoula, A ^b   Dimitriou, D ^a   Panagiou, A ^a   Bobojianni, C ^b   Antoniades, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Canine; Greece; Human; Leishmaniasis seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 11144345354     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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