Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi in wild canids kept in captivity in the State of Mato Grosso;Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi em canídeos silvestres mantidos em cativeiro, no Estado de Mato Grosso

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-335

  Souza, Nely Pinheiro ^a   de Almeida, Arleana do Bom Parto Ferreira ^b   de Freitas, Tatiana Pádua Tavares ^a   da Paz, Regina Celia Rodrigues ^a   Dutra, Valéria ^a   Nakazato, Luciano ^a   Sousa, Valéria Régia Franco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi; Mato Grosso; Wild mammals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FOX; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; DUSICYON THOUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAMMALIA; SPEOTHOS VENATICUS;

EID: 77954774150     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822010000300024     Document Type: Article

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