Canine skin and conjunctival swab samples for the detection and quantification of Leishmania infantum DNA in an endemic urban area in Brazil

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  de Almeida Ferreira, Sidney ^a   Leite, Rodrigo Souza ^a   Ituassu, Leonardo Trindade ^a   Almeida, Gregório Guilherme ^a   Souza, Daniel Menezes ^a   Fujiwara, Ricardo Toshio ^a   de Andrade, Antero Silva Ribeiro ^a   Melo, Maria Norma ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BRAZIL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; URBAN AREA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CONJUNCTIVA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PARASITE LOAD; SKIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84861212977     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001596     Document Type: Article

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