Experimental and field investigations on the role of birds as hosts of Leishmania infantum, with emphasis on the domestic chicken

Acta Tropica

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-83

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Testini, Gabriella ^a   Buonavoglia, Canio ^a   Parisi, Antonio ^b   Brandonisio, Olga ^a   Circella, Elena ^b   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a   Camarda, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA PUGLIA E DELLA BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chickens; Host; Infection; Leishmania infantum

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIVESTOCK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GAME BIRD; GOOSE; HOST; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; TISSUE CULTURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHICKENS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POULTRY DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; ANSER ANSER; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 71849100260     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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