PCR in the investigation of canine American tegumentary leishmaniasis in northwestern Paraná State, Brazil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 571-578

  Velasquez, Leonardo Garcia ^a   Membrive, Norberto ^b   Membrive, Umberto ^c   Rodrigues, Gesse ^b   Reis, Nélio ^b   Campana Lonardoni, Maria Valdrinez ^a   Teodoro, Ueslei ^a   Barbosa Tessmann, Ione Parra ^a   Silveira, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria de Saude do Parana   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dogs; Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; Leishmaniasis; Polymerase Chain Reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646435250     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2006000300012     Document Type: Article

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