Detection of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum RNA in fleas and ticks collected from naturally infected dogs

Parasitology Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-274

  Colombo, Fabio A ^a   Odorizzi, Rosa M F N ^b,c   Laurenti, Marcia D ^b   Galati, Eunice A B ^b   Canavez, Flavio ^d   Pereira Chioccola, Vera L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Institute de Economia Agrícola   (Brazil)

^d Genoa Biotecnologia SA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANINE VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; ECTOPARASITE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLEA; INFECTION RATE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; TICK; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SIPHONAPTERA; TICKS;

ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 80052309474     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2247-6     Document Type: Article

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