Stray dogs as reservoirs of the zoonotic agents leptospira interrogans, trypanosoma cruzi, and aspergillus spp. in an Urban area of chiapas in Southern Mexico

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-141

  Jimenez Coello, Matilde ^a   Ortega Pacheco, Antonio ^a   Guzman Marin, Eugenia ^a   Guiris Andrade, Dario M ^b   Martinez Figueroa, Laura ^b   Acosta Viana, Karla Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

American trypanosomiasis; Aspergillosis; Dog; Leptospirosis; Reservoir; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MEXICO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZOONOSES;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS SP.; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77950564248     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0170     Document Type: Article

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