Seroconversion of sentinel chickens as a biomarker for monitoring exposure to visceral Leishmaniasis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Soares, Bárbara Ribeiro ^a   Souza, Ana Paula Almeida ^a   Prates, Deboraci Brito ^b   De Oliveira, Camila I ^a   Barral Netto, Manoel ^a,b,c   Miranda, José Carlos ^a   Barral, Aldina ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHICKEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VETERINARY; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; STATISTICS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CHICKENS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84881575925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02352     Document Type: Article

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