The prevalence of canine Leishmania infantum infection in western China detected by PCR and serological tests

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Jun Yun ^a   Ha, Yu ^b   Gao, Chun Hua ^a   Wang, Yong ^c   Yang, Yue Tao ^a   Chen, Hai Tang ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiuzhaigou County   (China)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 79955698852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-69     Document Type: Article

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