Survey of domestic cattle for anti-Leishmania antibodies and Leishmania DNA in a visceral leishmaniasis endemic area of Bangladesh

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Alam, Mohammad Shafiul ^a   Ghosh, Debashis ^a   Khan, Md Gulam Musawwir ^a   Islam, Mohammad Faizul ^a   Mondal, Dinesh ^a   Itoh, Makoto ^b   Islam, Md Nurul ^c   Haque, Rashidul ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Upazila Livestock Officer ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARGENTIPES; PSYCHODIDAE;

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BANGLADESH; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79958055763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-7-27     Document Type: Article

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