Vaccination with LiESP/QA-21 (CaniLeish®) reduces the intensity of infection in Phlebotomus perniciosus fed on Leishmania infantum infected dogs-A preliminary xenodiagnosis study

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 691-695

  Bongiorno, Gioia ^a   Paparcone, Rosa ^b   Manzillo, Valentina Foglia ^b   Oliva, Gaetano ^b   Cuisinier, Anne Marie ^c   Gradoni, Luigi ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Virbac SA   (France)

Author keywords

Canine leishmaniosis; Leishmania infantum; LiESP QA 21 vaccine; Phlebotomus perniciosus; Xenodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION; XENODIAGNOSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS;

CANINE LEISHMANIOSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LIESP/QA-21 VACCINE; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PHLEBOTOMUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84884989487     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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