Autochthonous canine visceral leishmaniasis in a non-endemic area: Bom Sucesso, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-286

  Silva, Marcio Roberto ^a,b   Marques, Marcos José ^c   Romanha, Alvaro José ^d   Santa Rosa, Idael Christiano De Almeida ^e   Carneiro, Cláudia M ^f   Reis, Alexandre Barbosa ^f  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALFENAS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dogs; Visceral leishmaniasis; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 40349085638     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2008000200006     Document Type: Article

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