Natural infection of synathropic rodent species Mus musculus and Rattus norvegicus by Leishmania infantum in Sesimbra and Sintra - Portugal

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Helhazar, Marcos ^a   Leitão, José ^b   Duarte, Ana ^a   Tavares, Luís ^a   Da Fonseca, Isabel Pereira ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^b Centro Médico Veterinário de Cabra Figa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniosis; Mus musculus; Rattus norvegicus; Reservoir; Rodents

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HOST; HOUSEHOLD; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM INFECTION; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RODENT CONTROL;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; DOGS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MICE; PARASITOLOGY; PORTUGAL; RATS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MUS MUSCULUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84875843463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-88     Document Type: Article

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