Occurrence of leishmania DNA in urines of dogs naturally infected with leishmaniasis

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-341

  Franceschi, Alberto ^a   Merildi, V ^a   Guidi, G ^a   Mancianti, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dog; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniasis; PCR; Urine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GENOMIC DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA ISOLATION; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CREATININE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; ITALY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 33846686833     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-006-3477-z     Document Type: Article

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