Importance of cats in zoonotic leishmaniasis in Portugal

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 555-559

  Maia, Carla ^a   Nunes, Mónica ^a   Campino, Lenea ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Blood; Cat; Leishmaniasis; Reservoir; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITEMIA; PORTUGAL; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 50849087651     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0247     Document Type: Article

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