Clinical and serological aspects of visceral leishmaniasis in Northeast Brazilian dogs naturally infected with Leishmania chagasi

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 227-232

  Almeida, M A O ^a   Jesus, E E V ^a   Sousa Atta, M L B ^a   Alves, L C ^b   Berne, M E A ^c   Atta, A M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical signs and laboratory markers; Leishmania chagasi; Natural canine visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEPATOMEGALY; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOGRYPOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROLOGY; SKIN ULCER; SPLENOMEGALY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 13844292719     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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