Specific anti-Leishmania spp. antibodies in stray cats in Greece

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 728-730

  Diakou, Anastasia ^a   Papadopoulos, Elias ^a   Lazarides, Kostantinos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GREECE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; THESSALONIKI;

EID: 67650696030     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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