Prospective Study on the Incidence and Progression of Clinical Signs in Naïve Dogs Naturally Infected by Leishmania infantum

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Foglia Manzillo, Valentina ^a   Di Muccio, Trentina ^b   Cappiello, Sivia ^a   Scalone, Aldo ^b   Paparcone, Rosa ^a   Fiorentino, Eleonora ^b   Gizzarelli, Manuela ^a   Gramiccia, Marina ^b   Gradoni, Luigi ^b   Oliva, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA VACCINE;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84878504634     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002225     Document Type: Article

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