Occurrence of Leishmania sp. in cutaneous lesions of horses in Central Europe

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 346-351

  Müller, Norbert ^a   Welle, Monika ^a   Lobsiger, Lisbeth ^b   Stoffel, Michael H ^a   Boghenbor, Kathrin Kühni ^a   Hilbe, Monika ^c   Gottstein, Bruno ^a   Frey, Caroline F ^a   Geyer, Claudia ^d   von Bomhard, Wolf ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Idexx Diavet Laboratory AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Specialty Practice for Veterinary Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Equine cutaneous leishmaniasis; Genotyping; PCR

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA SIAMENSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SWITZERLAND; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

EQUIDAE; LEISHMANIA SP.;

EID: 70449533078     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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