A serological and molecular study of leishmania infantum infection in cats from the island of Ibiza (Spain)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-245

  Sherry, Kate ^a   Miró, Guadalupe ^b   Trotta, Michele ^c   Miranda, Carmen ^b   Montoya, Ana ^b   Espinosa, Carmen ^b   Ribas, Fernando ^d   Furlanello, Tommaso ^c   Solano Gallego, Laia ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Laboratorio Veterinario Privato San Marco   (Italy)

^d Clinica Veterinaria San Jorge   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Cat; Leishmania infantum; Real; Retroviruses; time PCR; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DNA; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS P27 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; GENDER; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM INFECTION; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COINFECTION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISLANDS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; LEUKEMIA, FELINE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79953208295     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0251     Document Type: Article

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