Serological survey of Leishmania infection in dogs from the municipality of Peso da Régua (Alto Douro, Portugal) using the direct agglutination test (DAT) and fast agglutination screening test (FAST)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-100

  Cardoso, Luís ^a   Schallig, Henk D F H ^b   Neto, Francisco ^a   Kroon, Nel ^b   Rodrigues, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Canine leishmaniasis; Direct agglutination test; Dog; Fast agglutination screening test; Leishmania infantum; Portugal

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EVALUATION; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 1942423889     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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