The hare (Lepus granatensis) as potential sylvatic reservoir of Leishmania infantum in Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 268-271

  Molina, R ^a   Jimenez M I ^a   Cruz, I ^a   Iriso, A ^b   Martin Martin I ^a   Sevillano, O ^b   Melero, S ^c   Bernal, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b Direccion General de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^c Centro Salud Mendiguchía Carriche   (Spain)

Author keywords

Leishmania infantum; Lepus granatensis; Phlebotomus perniciosus; Sylvatic cycles; Wild reservoir; Xenodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HARE; HUMIDITY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPUS GRANATENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; RESERVOIR; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HARES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PHLEBOTOMUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEPUS; LEPUS GRANATENSIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS;

EID: 84867143057     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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