Prevention of Canine Leishmaniosis in a Hyper-Endemic Area Using a Combination of 10% Imidacloprid/4.5% Flumethrin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,b   de Caprariis, Donato ^a   Di Paola, Giancarlo ^a   Tarallo, Viviana D ^a   Latrofa, Maria S ^a   Lia, Riccardo P ^a   Annoscia, Giada ^a   Breitshwerdt, Edward B ^c   Cantacessi, Cinzia ^a,d   Capelli, Gioia ^e   Stanneck, Dorothee ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^f BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIPRONIL; FLUMETHRIN; FLUMETHRIN PLUS IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDACLOPRID; METHOPRENE; SERESTO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW; CANINE LEISHMANIASIS; CANINE LEISHMANIOSIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHILIA; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MONOCYTOSIS; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS NEGLECTUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 84874529276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056374     Document Type: Article

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