Imported leishmaniasis in dogs, US military bases, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2017-2019

  Kawamura, Yuta ^a   Yoshikawa, Isao ^b   Katakura, Ken ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b US Army Japan District Veterinary Command Zama Branch Kangawa   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; KETOCONAZOLE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ALOPECIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DOG; JAPAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; ITALY; JAPAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MILITARY FACILITIES;

EID: 78649600266     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1612.100389     Document Type: Letter

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