Canine visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi in Amazonian Brazil: Comparison of the parasite density from the skin, lymph node and visceral tissues between symptomatic and asymptomatic, seropositive dogs

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 259-265

  Lima, Luciana Vieira R ^a   Carneiro, Liliane Almeida ^a   Campos, Marliane Batista ^a   Chagas, Eujênia Janis ^b   Laurenti, Márcia D ^c   Corbett, Carlos E P ^c   Lainson, Ralph ^a   Silveira, Fernando Tobias ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria de Saúde do Município de Barcarena   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonian Brazil; Canine visceral leishmaniasis; Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi; Parasite density; Symptomatic and asymptomatic dogs

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHODIDAE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPH NODES; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN; VISCERA;

EID: 78249249268     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652010000500007     Document Type: Article

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