Molecular screening of wild rodents for Leishmania infantum in Germany

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-311

  De Mendonça, Philippe Gil ^a,d   Harsch, Andrea ^a   Mogl, Christiane ^a   Walther, Bernd ^b   Boje, Jennifer ^a   Dimke, Christoph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Forestry Commission   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Germany; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniosis; Real time PCR; Rodentia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887064393     PISSN: 03240770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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