Role of the domestic dog as a reservoir host of Leishmania donovani in eastern Sudan

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hassan, Mo'Awia M ^a   Osman, Omran F ^b   El Raba'A, Fathi Ma ^b   Schallig, Henk Dfh ^c   Elnaiem, Dia Eldin A ^d  

^a TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALIA; ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GENETTA GENETTA; HERPESTES ICHNEUMON; ICHNEUMON; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ORIENTALIS; RATTUS;

EID: 68149180870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-2-26     Document Type: Article

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