Evaluation of the conjunctival swab for canine visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis by PCR-hybridization in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 257-263

  Ferreira, Sidney de Almeida ^a   Ituassu, Leonardo Trindade ^b   Melo, Maria Norma de ^b   Andrade, Antero Silva Ribeiro de ^a  

^a CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cotton swab; Diagnosis; Dogs; Hybridization; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; PHENOL;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CONJUNCTIVA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 40349116860     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.12.022     Document Type: Article

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