Evaluation of the vectorial capacity of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the transmission of canine visceral leishmaniasis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 523-528

  Paz, Gustavo Fontes ^a   Ribeiro, Múcio Flávio Barbosa ^b   Michalsky, Érika Monteiro ^a   Da Rocha Lima, Ana Cristina Vianna Mariano ^a   França Silva, João Carlos ^b   Barata, Ricardo Andrade ^a   Fortes Dias, Consuelo Latorre ^c   Dias, Edelberto Santos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FLAGELLUM; LARVAL STAGE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; TICK;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICKS;

EID: 77949314115     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1697-1     Document Type: Article

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