The role of dogs as reservoirs of Leishmania parasites, with emphasis on Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum and Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 139-146

  Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dog; Epidemiology; Leishmania; Leishmaniasis; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

BUNYAVIRUS; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 34848866216     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.07.007     Document Type: Review

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