Evidence for a relationship between Leishmania load and clinical manifestations

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-78

  Manna, Laura ^a   Reale, Stefano ^b   Vitale, Fabrizio ^b   Gravino, Angelo Elio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical score; Dog; Leishmania infantum; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG DISEASE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITEMIA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 67349167653     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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