Canine leishmaniasis: A diagnostic and clinical challenge

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-15

  Baneth, Gad ^a   Aroch, Itamar ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; KINETOPLAST DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME RNA;

AFRICA; AMASTIGOTE; ANTIBODY TITER; ASIA; ASPIRATION; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL INVASION; CROSS REACTION; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST CELL; INSECT BITE; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; PSYCHODIDAE; REMISSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DEFECT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOSOMA; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 38749099486     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2006.11.011     Document Type: Editorial

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