Asymptomatic domestic dogs are carriers of Leishmania infantum: Possible reservoirs host for human visceral leishmaniasis in southern Iran

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 801-807

  Fakhar, Mahdi ^a,b   Motazedian, Mohammad Hossein ^c   Asgari, Qasem ^c   Kalantari, Mohsen ^c  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic dogs; Canine visceral leishmaniasis; Direct agglutination test; Leishmania infantum, Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867058274     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-011-1179-6     Document Type: Article

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