Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi in captive wild felids in Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-74

  Dahroug, Magyda A A ^a   Almeida, Arleana B P F ^b   Sousa, Valéria R F ^a   Dutra, Valéria ^a   Turbino, Nívea C M R ^a   Nakazato, Luciano ^a   de Souza, Roberto L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi; Panthera onca; Puma concolor; Visceral leishmaniasis; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FELIDAE; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIASIS; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; NONHUMAN; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUMA; PUMA CONCOLOR; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES COMPARISON; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FELIDAE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PANTHERA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUMA;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; PANTHERA ONCA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 70649104606     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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