Prevalence of antibodies to Leishmania infantum and Trypanosoma cruzi in wild canids from South Carolina

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 955-957

  Rosypal, Alexa C ^a   Tidwell, Richard R ^a   Lindsay, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CANID; IMMUNOASSAY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN; WILD POPULATION;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANIDAE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COYOTE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOX; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UROCYON; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COYOTES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOXES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH CAROLINA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34848872227     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1057R.1     Document Type: Article

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