Infection of sandflies by a cat naturally infected with Leishmania infantum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 357-360

  Maroli, Michele ^a   Pennisi, Maria Grazia ^b   Di Muccio, Trentina ^a   Khoury, Cristina ^a   Gradoni, Luigi ^a   Gramiccia, Marina ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cat; Feline leishmaniosis; Leishmania infantum; Phlebotomus perniciosus; Xenodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MON 1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOST; INSECT BITE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PSYCHODIDAE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; XENODIAGNOSIS; ZYMODEME;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS;

EID: 33947222993     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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