Genital lesions and distribution of amastigotes in bitches naturally infected with Leishmania chagasi

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-90

  Silva, Fabiana L ^a   Rodrigues, Antonio A M ^a   Rego, Isabela O P ^a   Santos, Raquel L H ^a   Oliveira, Raquel G ^a   Silva, Teane M A ^a   Xavier, Mariana N ^a   Nascimento, Ernane F ^a   Santos, Renato L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bitches; Genital tract; Immunohistochemistry; Leishmania; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BITCH; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DERMATITIS; DOG DISEASE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNODETECTION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; VULVA DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; SEMEN;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA SP.;

EID: 37749038895     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.09.032     Document Type: Article

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