Eight cases of feline cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Texas

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1076-1081

  Trainor, K E ^a   Porter, B F ^a   Logan, K S ^a   Hoffman, R J ^b   Snowden, K F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cats; cutaneous leishmaniasis; dermatitis; endemic diseases; infectious diseases; Leishmania mexicana; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN; TEXAS;

FELIDAE; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 78649973573     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985810382094     Document Type: Article

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