Detection of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis and Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi in Brazilian bats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 5-10

  Savani, Elisa San Martin Mouriz ^a   de Almeida, Marilene Fernandes ^a   de Oliveira Camargo, Maria Cecília Gibrail ^a   D'Auria, Sandra Regina Nicoletti ^a   Silva, Miriam Martos Sodré ^a   de Oliveira, Maria Lúcia ^a   Sacramento, Débora ^b  

^a CENTRO DE CONTROLE DE ZOONOSES   (Brazil)

^b Genomic Engenharia Molecular Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bats; Brazil; Chiropteran parasites; Leishmania amazonensis; Leishmania chagasi; rDNA based PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 75749111595     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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