Two cases of feline leishmaniosis in Switzerland

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 542-545

  Rufenacht S ^a   Sager, H ^a   Muller N ^a   Schaerer, V ^a   Heier, A ^a   Welle, M M ^a   Roosje, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL;

ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPORT DISEASE; LEISHMANIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWITZERLAND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIASIS; PATHOLOGY; PEMPHIGUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; PEMPHIGUS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; PEMPHIGUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 18444383956     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.17.542     Document Type: Article

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