Serological survey for Leishmania sp. infection in wild animals from the municipality of Maringá, Paraná state, Brazil

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 732-744

  Voltarelli, E M ^a   Arraes, S M A A ^b   Perles, T F ^b   Lonardoni, M V C ^b   Teodoro, U ^b   Silveira, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi ^b  

^a Centre for Zoonosis Control   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agglutination tests; Leishmania; Reservoir; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CEBUS APELLA; CERDOCYON THOUS; DASYPROCTA AZARAE; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FLAGELLATE; FOX; LYCALOPEX VETULUS; MONKEY; NASUA NASUA; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PROCYON CANCRIVORUS; RACCOON; SEROLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; WILD ANIMAL;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; DASYPROCTA AZARAE; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; DUSICYON THOUS; INGA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA SP.; MAMMALIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NASUA; NASUA NASUA; PROCYON; PROCYON CANCRIVORUS; PSEUDALOPEX VETULUS;

EID: 74049114694     PISSN: 16789199     EISSN: 16789199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-91992009000400011     Document Type: Article

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