Molecular detection of Leishmania infantum in wild rodents (Rattus norvegicus) in Greece

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages

  Papadogiannakis, E ^a   Spanakos, G ^a   Kontos, V ^a   Menounos, P G ^a   Tegos, N ^a   Vakalis, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Leishmania infantum; Leishmania tropica; Rattus norvegicus

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GREECE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 78649664461     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01264.x     Document Type: Article

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