Detection of Leishmania in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from southeastern France using real-time quantitative PCR

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 130-132

  Davoust, Bernard ^a,b   Mary, Charles ^c   Marié, Jean Lou ^a  

^a Animal Epidemiology Working Group of the Military Health Service   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Fox; France; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniosis; Predictive sentinel; Real time PCR; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOX; FRANCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FOXES; FRANCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84892384410     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2013-07-190     Document Type: Article

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