Autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis in dogs in North America

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 226, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1316-1322

  Schantz, Peter M ^a   Steurer, Francis J ^a   Duprey, Zandra H ^a   Kurpel, Katherine P ^a   Barr, Stephen C ^b   Jackson, Joan E ^c   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^d   Levy, Michael G ^d   Fox, J C ^e  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG; EPIDEMIC; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 17144364360     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.226.1316     Document Type: Review

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