An autochthonous case of cutaneous bovine leishmaniasis in Switzerland

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 408-414

  Lobsiger, L ^a   Muller N ^b   Schweizer, T ^c   Frey, C F ^b   Wiederkehr, D ^d   Zumkehr, B ^b   Gottstein, B ^b  

^a Idexx Diavet Laboratory AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Veterinary Practice Jürg Meier ^*  (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bovine cutaneous leishmaniasis; Case report; Eosinophils; Immunohistopathology; PCR; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA SIAMENSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NONHUMAN; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRURITUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; SWITZERLAND;

BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; LEISHMANIA SP.;

EID: 77951256225     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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