Potential role for dog fleas in the cycle of Leishmania spp.

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 150-154

  Ferreira, Marilia Gabriele Prado Albuquerque ^a   Fattori, Karina Reinaldo ^a   Souza, Fausto ^a   Lima, Valéria Marçal Felix ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine visceral leishmaniosis; ELISA; Fleas; Leishmania spp.; PCR

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLEA; HAMSTER; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; SYRIAN HAMSTER; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CRICETINAE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLEAS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN;

ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRICETINAE; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; FELIS; IXODIDA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 70349612257     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.06.026     Document Type: Article

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