Risk Factors for Seroconversion by Leishmania infantum in a Cohort of Dogs from an Endemic Area of Brazil

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Coura Vital, Wendel ^a,b   Reis, Alexandre Barbosa ^b   Fausto, Maria Arlene ^b   de Leal, Gleisiane Gomes Almeida ^b   Marques, Marcos José ^c   Veloso, Vanja Maria ^b   Carneiro, Mariângela ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALFENAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; LEISHMANIA VACCINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; MANURE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEROCONVERSION; SLEEP; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84882765896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071833     Document Type: Article

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