Antibodies against Lutzomyia longipalpis saliva in the fox Cerdocyon thous and the sylvatic cycle of Leishmania chagasi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-133

  Gomes, Regis B ^a,b   Mendonça, Ivete L ^c   Silva, Vladimir C ^c   Ruas, Jerônimo ^d   Silva, Mauro B ^c   Cruz, Maria S P ^c   Barral, Aldina ^a,b   Costa, Carlos H N ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibody; Brazil; Cerdocyon thous; Leishmania chagasi; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Saliva

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOX; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SERODIAGNOSIS; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BONE MARROW; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOXES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DUSICYON THOUS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS;

EID: 33751525778     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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