Seroprevalence of canine leishmaniasis and American trypanosomiasis in dogs from Grenada, West Indies

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 228-229

  Rosypal, Alexa C ^a   Tripp, Shanesha ^a   Kinlaw, Christopher ^a   Sharma, R N ^b   Stone, D ^b   Dubey, J P ^c  

^a JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St George's University   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CANID; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; SERUM; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DOG DISEASE; GRENADA; HOST; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY DIPSTICK TEST; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GRENADA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

GRENADA [WINDWARD ISLANDS]; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

CANIS FAMILIARIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77950405701     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2238.1     Document Type: Article

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