The first records of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis in dogs (Canis familiaris) diagnosed clinically as having canine visceral leishmaniasis from Araçatuba County, São Paulo State, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 280-284

  Tolezano, José E ^a   Uliana, Sílvia R B ^b   Taniguchi, Helena H ^a   Araújo, Maria F L ^a   Barbosa, José A R ^a   Barbosa, José E R ^a   Floeter Winter, Lucile Maria ^b   Shaw, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis; Natural infections; PCR; Serology; Transmission; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOG; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS;

EID: 34548405595     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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