Fleas and ticks as vectors of Leishmania spp. to dogs: Caution is needed

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 173-174

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

DISEASE CARRIER; DOG DISEASE; FLEA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FLEAS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TICKS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 75749157307     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.11.016     Document Type: Letter

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