Presence of Leishmania amastigotes in peritoneal fluid of a dog with leishmaniasis from Alagoas, Northeastern Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 219-221

  Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Mestrado do CNPq   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine leishmaniasis; Diagnosis; Leishmania sp.; Peritoneal fluid

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BONE MARROW; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DOG; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN ULCER; STAINING;

EID: 33748940935     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652006000400009     Document Type: Article

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