First report of Leishmania infantum in French Guiana: Canine visceral leishmaniasis imported from the old world

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1120-1122

  Rotureau, Brice ^a   Ravel, Christophe ^b   Aznar, Christine ^a   Carme, Bernard ^a   Dedet, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; DOG DISEASE; EXHAUSTION; FEVER; FRANCE; FRENCH GUIANA; GIEMSA STAIN; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; IMPORT DISEASE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LIVER BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SPLEEN BIOPSY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FRANCE; FRENCH GUIANA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; TRANSPORTATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 33644880286     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1120-1122.2006     Document Type: Article

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