Leishmania chagasi infection in cats with dermatologic lesions from an endemic area of visceral leishmaniosis in Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 22-28

  Vides, Juliana Peloi ^a   Schwardt, Tatianna Frate ^a   Sobrinho, Ludmila Silva Vicente ^a   Marinho, Márcia ^a   Laurenti, Márcia Dalastra ^b   Biondo, Alexander Welker ^c,e   Leutenegger, Christian ^d   Marcondes, Mary ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISA; Feline leishmaniosis; IFAT; Immunohistochemical; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AMASTIGOTE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI INFECTION; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 79956072054     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.12.042     Document Type: Article

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