An atypical case of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a young English Mastiff

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 356-361

  Nabity, M B ^a   Barnhart, K ^a   Logan, K S ^a   Santos, R L ^b   Kessell, A ^a   Melmed, C ^a   Snowden, K F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amastigotes; Chagas' disease; Leishmaniasis; PCR; Serology; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOG; EDEMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PSEUDOCYST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG DISEASE; FATALITY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CROSS REACTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33750739589     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.034     Document Type: Article

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