Seroepidemiological survey of Leishmania infantum infection in dogs from northeastern Portugal

Acta Tropica

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 82-87

  Sousa, Susana ^a   Lopes, Ana Patricia ^c   Cardoso, Luís ^a,c   Silvestre, Ricardo ^a   Schallig, Henk ^d   Reed, Steven G ^e   Cordeiro da Silva, Anabela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DAT; Dogs; ELISA; Leishmania infantum; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; CANID; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

PORTUGAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 80052088790     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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