Increase in the prevalence of canine leishmaniasis in urban Algiers (Algeria) following the 2003 earthquake

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 679-692

  Ait Oudhia, K ^a,b   Lami, P ^a   Lesceu, S ^c   Harrat, Z ^d   Hamrioui, B ^e   Dedet, J P ^a   Pratlong, F ^a  

^a HIGHER NATIONAL VETERINARY SCHOOL   (Algeria)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c IDVET Innovative Diagnostics   (France)

^d Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

^e CHU Mustapha   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; LIFESTYLE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SKIN DEFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 77949440543     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349809X12554106963591     Document Type: Article

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