Histopathological and parasitological investigations of ear healthy skin of dogs naturally and experimentally infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 877-887

  Figueiredo, Maria Marta ^a   Moura, Eliane Perlatto ^a   Costa, Miriam Maria ^a   Ribeiro, Vitor Marcio ^b   Michalick, Marilene Suzan ^c   Tafuri, Washington Luiz ^d   Tafuri, Wagner Luiz ^a  

^a Department of General Pathology ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d Uveitis Section   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis; Ear Skin; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DOG; EAR; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOGS; EAR; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 77956632111     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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