The first record in the Americas of an autochthonous case of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi in a domestic cat (Felix catus) from Cotia County, São Paulo State, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-233

  Savani, Elisa San Martin Mouriz ^a   De Oliveira Camargo, Maria Cecília Gibrail ^a   De Carvalho, Marília Russi ^b   Zampieri, Ricardo Andrade ^c   Dos Santos, Marcos Gonzaga ^c   D'Áuria, Sandra Regina Nicoletti ^a   Shaw, Jeffrey J ^c   Floeter Winter, Lucile Maria ^c  

^a Ctro Controle Zoonoses Da P   (Brazil)

^b Clin Veterinária Zoofarma   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Natural transmission; PCR; Reservoir; Serology; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAT; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; LEISHMANIA; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPLEEN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FATAL OUTCOME; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

FELIDAE; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 1642393286     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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