Wild, synanthropic and domestic hosts of Leishmania in an endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 579-585

  Quaresma, Patrícia F ^a   Rêgo, Felipe D ^a   Botelho, Helbert A ^a   da Silva, Shara R ^a   Moura, Airton J ^b   Neto, Rafael G Teixeira ^a   Madeira, Filipe M ^b   Carvalho, Maria Beatriz ^b   Paglia, Adriano P ^b   Melo, Maria Norma ^b   Gontijo, Célia M F Ferreira ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dogs; Host reservoirs; Leishmania; Mixed infection; PCR

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN TEGUMENTARY LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRAZIL; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SEROLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SYNANTHROPIC HOST; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; BRAZIL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MARSUPIALIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENTIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 80052971174     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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