Surveillance for antibodies to Leishmania spp. in dogs from Sri Lanka

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 230-231

  Rosypal, A C ^a   Tripp, S ^a   Kinlaw, C ^a   Hailemariam, S ^b   Tidwell, R R ^c   Lindsay, D S ^d   Rajapakse, R P V J ^e   Sreekumar, C ^f   Dubey, J P ^g  

^a JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHAW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^f MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CANID; FLAGELLATE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITE INFESTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SRI LANKA; ZOONOSES;

SRI LANKA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 77950444912     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2288     Document Type: Article

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