An Investigation into Alternative Reservoirs of Canine Leishmaniasis on the Endemic Island of Mallorca (Spain)

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 352-357

  Millan J ^a   Zanet, S ^b   Gomis, M ^c   Trisciuoglio, A ^b   Negre, N ^c   Ferroglio, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Fundació Natura Parc ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Free roaming; Kinetoplastida; Leishmaniasis; Mustelid; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; DOG DISEASE; LEISHMANIASIS; MUSTELIDAE; PARASITOLOGY; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIVERRIDAE;

ANIMALS; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEISHMANIASIS; MUSTELIDAE; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIVERRIDAE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GENETTA GENETTA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MARTES MARTES; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELIDAE; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 79960078048     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2011.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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