Leishmania infantum in a Central Italy dog shelter: Retrospective study of serologic reactivity during a 4-year period in a confined dog population subjected to preventive and therapeutic treatment

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 190-197

  Podaliri Vulpiani, Michele ^a   Iannetti, Luigi ^a   Di Mattia, Tiberio ^a   Dalla Villa, Paolo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dog; Endemic; Incidence; Leishmania infantum; Prevalence; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ALLOPURINOL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PERMETHRIN; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 60849109486     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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