Animal reservoirs of visceral leishmaniasis in India

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-67

  Singh, Niti ^a,b   Mishra, Jyotsna ^a   Singh, Ram ^a,c   Singh, Sarman ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases   (India)

^c Patna Unit of National Center for Disease Control   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT KINETOPLAST ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BLOOD; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HEMOPARASITE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SAMPLING; SERUM; SHEEP;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHICKEN; COW; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GOAT; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; RESERVOIR; SEROLOGY; SHEEP; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WATER BUFFALO;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; RATS; SHEEP; ZOONOSES;

BIHAR; INDIA;

EID: 84873650280     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3085.1     Document Type: Article

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