Low seroprevalence of Leishmania infantum infection in cats from northern Portugal based on DAT and ELISA

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 37-42

  Cardoso, Luís ^a,b   Lopes, Ana Patrícia ^a   Sherry, Kate ^c   Schallig, Henk ^d   Solano Gallego, Laia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cat; Direct agglutination test; ELISA; Leishmania infantum; Portugal; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; URBAN AREA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PORTUGAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78049438849     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.08.022     Document Type: Article

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