Regional parasite density in the skin of dogs with symptomatic canine leishmaniosis

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 227-233

  Saridomichelakis, Manolis N ^a,c   Koutinas, Alexander F ^a   Olivry, Thierry ^b   Dunston, Stan M ^b   Farmaki, Rania ^a   Koutinas, Christos K ^a   Petanides, Theodoros ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 34547370380     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2007.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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