Re-dogs as reservoirs for leishmania braziliensis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 326-327

  de Queiroz Sousa, Anastácio ^a   Pearson, Richard D ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; HOST; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; LETTER; PARASITE TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 79551634355     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1702.101669     Document Type: Review

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