Sero-epidemiological study of canine Leishmania spp. infection in the municipality of Alijó (Alto Douro, Portugal)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 21-32

  Cardoso, Luís ^a   Rodrigues, Manuela ^a   Santos, Helder ^a   Schoone, Gerard J ^b   Carreta, Pedro ^c   Varejão, Eugénio ^d   Van Benthem, Birgit ^b   Afonso, M Odete ^e   Alves Pires, Carlos ^e   Semião Santos, Saul J ^f   Rodrigues, Jorge ^a   Schallig, Henk D F H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Municipality of Alijó ^*  (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Canine leishmaniosis; Direct agglutination test; Dog; Epidemiology; Leishmania infantum; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOG DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILTER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPER; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CLIMATE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PORTUGAL; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 11144357966     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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