Leishmaniasis, an Emerging Disease Found in Companion Animals in the United States

Topics in Companion Animal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 182-188

  Petersen, Christine A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

canine diseases; emerging infectious diseases; feline diseases; Leishmania; protozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENETICS; LEISHMANIA; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; UNITED STATES; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 70450207563     PISSN: 19389736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tcam.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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