Disseminated Leishmania infantum infection in two sibling foxhounds due to possible vertical transmission

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1005-1008

  Gibson Corley, Katherine N ^a   Hostetter, Jesse M ^a   Hostetter, Shannon J ^a   Mullin, Kathleen ^a   Ramer Tait, Amanda E ^a   Boggiatto, Paola M ^a   Petersen, Christine A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 54249087176     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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