Histopathological and immunohistochemical investigations of the hepatic compartment associated with parasitism and serum biochemical changes in canine visceral leishmaniasis

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-277

  Giunchetti, Rodolfo Cordeiro ^a,b   Mayrink, Wilson ^c   Carneiro, Cláudia Martins ^a   Corrêa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^b   Martins Filho, Olindo Assis ^b   Marques, Marcos José ^c   Tafuri, Washington Luiz ^a   Reis, Alexandre Barbosa ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dog; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; LDU index; Leishmania chagasi; Liver; Parasitism; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KUPFFER CELL; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LIVER GRANULOMA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIVER; MALE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 37049038887     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.04.020     Document Type: Article

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