Serological evidence of Histoplasma capsulatum infection among dogs with leishmaniasis in Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 119, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 203-205

  Cordeiro, R A ^a   Coelho, C G V ^a   Brilhante, R S N ^a   Sidrim, J J C ^a   Castelo Branco, D S C M ^a   Moura, F B P ^c   Rocha, F A C ^a   Rocha, M F G ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c State Health Department   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dogs; Histoplasmosis; Immunodiffusion; Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP M ANTIGEN; H ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PRECIPITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; CANID; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGAL DISEASE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIVITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MALE; NONHUMAN; SKIN DEFECT; URBAN AREA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

BRAZIL;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI;

EID: 79960577263     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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