First report of venereal and vertical transmission of canine leishmaniosis from naturally infected dogs in Germany

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Naucke, Torsten J ^a,b,c   Lorentz, Susanne ^a  

^a Parasitus Ex EV   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c LABOKLIN GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dog; Germany; Leishmaniosis; Venereal transmission; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANINE LEISHMANIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; T CELL LYMPHOMA; VENEREAL TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARASITOLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERMANY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84859029804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-67     Document Type: Article

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