American trypanosomiasis in dogs from an urban and rural area of Yucatan, Mexico

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 755-761

  Jimenez Coello, Matilde ^a   Poot Cob, Monica ^a   Ortega Pacheco, Antonio ^a   Guzman Marin, Eugenia ^a   Ramos Ligonio, Angel ^b   Sauri Arceo, Carlos H ^a   Acosta Viana, Karla Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c Departamento de Biomedicina de Enfermedades Infecciosas Y Parasitarias   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Epidemiology; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BODY CONDITION SCORE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; URBAN AREA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEXAPODA; REDUVIIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 57749091685     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0224     Document Type: Article

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