Canine leishmaniosis in the Old and New Worlds: Unveiled similarities and differences

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 531-538

  Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,b   Solano Gallego, Laia ^c   Baneth, Gad ^d   Ribeiro, Vitor Marcio ^e   de Paiva Cavalcanti, Milena ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine leishmaniosis; Control; Diseases; Dogs; Humans; Leishmania

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; INSECTICIDE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; MILTEFOSINE;

CANINE LEISHMANIOSIS; CARNIVORE; DOG DISEASE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA ARABICA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA COLOMBIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; LEISHMANIA PERUVIANA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; VACCINATION; VECTOR CONTROL; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUROPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84869155767     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.08.007     Document Type: Review

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