Incidence and time course of Leishmania infantum infections examined by parasitological, serologic, and nested-PCR techniques in a cohort of naïve dogs exposed to three consecutive transmission seasons

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1318-1322

  Oliva, Gaetano ^a   Scalone, Aldo ^b   Manzillo, Valentina Foglia ^a   Gramiccia, Marina ^b   Pagano, Annalisa ^a   Di Muccio, Trentina ^b   Gradoni, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC PATENT INFECTION; BONE MARROW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPH NODE; MICROSCOPY; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERFORMANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SUBPATENT INFECTION; SYMPTOMATIC PATENT INFECTION; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 33645920636     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.4.1318-1322.2006     Document Type: Article

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