Canine vector-borne diseases in India: A review of the literature and identification of existing knowledge gaps

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Megat Abd Rani, Puteri Azaziah ^a   Irwin, Peter J ^b   Gatne, Mukulesh ^c   Coleman, Glen T ^a   Traub, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BOMBAY VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BABESIOSIS; BRUGIA; BRUGIA CEYLONENSIS; CANINE VECTOR BORNE DISEASE; DIROFILARIASIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FILARIASIS; HEPATOZOONOSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; LEISHMANIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TRYPANOSOMA; ZOONOSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77950649808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-28     Document Type: Review

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