Serological and molecular survey of Leishmania parasites in apparently healthy dogs in the West Bank, Palestine

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hamarsheh, Omar ^a   Nasereddin, Abedalmajeed ^a   Damaj, Safa ^a   Sawalha, Samir ^a   Al Jawabreh, Hanan ^b   Azmi, Kifaya ^a   Amro, Ahmad ^a   Ereqat, Suheir ^a   Abdeen, Ziad ^a   Al Jawabreh, Amer ^a,b  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b Leishmaniases Research Unit   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Domestic dogs; Leishmania; Palestine; Serological and molecular diagnosis; West bank

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PALESTINE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 84865535645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-183     Document Type: Article

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