Canine visceral leishmaniasis, United States and Canada, 2000-2003

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 440-446

  Duprey, Zandra H ^a   Steurer, Francis J ^a   Rooney, Jane A ^a   Kirchhoff, Louis V ^b   Jackson, Joan E ^c   Rowton, Edgar D ^c   Schantz, Peter M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 33644501813     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1203.050811     Document Type: Review

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