Incidences of canine leishmaniasis in an endemic area of southern Italy

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 295-298

  Paradies, P ^a   Capelli, G ^b   Cafarchia, C ^a   De Caprariis, D ^a   Sasanelli, M ^a   Otranto, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 33746385976     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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