Temporal distribution of positive results of tests for detecting Leishmania infection in stray dogs of an endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis in the Brazilian tropics: A 13 years survey and association with human disease

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 190, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 591-594

  Fraga, Deborah B M ^a,b   Solcà, Manuela S ^a   Silva, Virgínia M G ^a,c   Borja, Lairton S ^a   Nascimento, Eliane G ^d   Oliveira, Geraldo G S ^a   Pontes de Carvalho, Lain C ^a   Veras, Patrícia S T ^a   Dos Santos, Washington L C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Referência em Doenças   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine visceral leishmaniasis; Epidemiology; Leishmania chagasi; Leishmania infantum; Montenegro's skin test

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITISM; PREVALENCE; PROMASTIGOTE; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; TIME FACTORS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 84868209628     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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