Mixed infection with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi in a naturally infected dog from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 442-445

  Madeira, M F ^a   Schubach, A ^a   Schubach, T M P ^a   Pacheco, R S ^b   Oliveira, F S ^b   Pereira, S A ^a   Figueiredo, F B ^a   Baptista, C ^a   Marzochi, M C A ^a,c  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria Municipal de Saude da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Isoenzymes; Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; Mixed infection; PCR

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NUCLEOSIDASE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOONOSES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 33644847921     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.07.011     Document Type: Article

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