Managing canine vector-borne diseases of zoonotic concern: part two

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 228-235

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,b   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 65249090280     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.02.005     Document Type: Review

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