Seroepidemiology of leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis, and leishmaniosis among dogs in Ankara, Turkey

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 187-191

  Aslantaş, Özkan ^a   Özdemir, Vildan ^b   Kiliç, Selçuk ^c   Babür, Cahit ^c  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Etlik Merkez Veteriner Kontrol Ve A   (Turkey)

^c Ankara Refik Saydam Hygiene Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Leishmania infantum; Leptospira interrogans; Stray dogs; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 17444420851     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.11.037     Document Type: Article

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