Cutaneous and visceral leishmaniosis in dogs from a rural community in northeastern Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 170, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 313-317

  Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,b   de Paiva Cavalcanti, Milena ^b   Figueredo, Luciana A ^a   Melo, Marcela F ^b   da Silva, Fernando J ^b   da Silva, Amílton L ^b   Almeida, Ericka L ^b   Brandão Filho, Sinval P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dogs; Leishmania braziliensis; Leishmania infantum; Ticks

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DOG; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TICK;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TICKS;

EID: 77953128417     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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