Stray dogs and leishmaniasis in urban areas, Portugal [6]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1431-1432

  Cortes, Sofia ^a   Afonso, Maria Odete ^a   Alves Pires, Carlos ^a   Campino, Lenea ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Higiena e Medicina Tropical   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL HEALTH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOG; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INGUINAL REGION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LETTER; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 34848910547     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1309.070101     Document Type: Letter

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