The first case report of Leishmania (leishmania) chagasi in Panthera leo in Brazil

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-250

  Dahroug, Magyda AA ^a   Almeida, Arleana BPF ^a   Sousa, Valéria RF ^a   Dutra, Valéria ^a   Guimarães, Luciana D ^a   Soares, César E ^a   Nakazato, Luciano ^a   de Souza, Roberto L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leishmania (leishmania) chagasi; Panthera leo; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE CARRIER; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PANTHERA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; LEISHMANIA; LION; PARASITOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LIONS;

EID: 80052698383     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60036-1     Document Type: Article

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