Pathologic Mechanisms Underlying the Clinical Findings in Canine Leishmaniosis due to Leishmaniainfantum/chagasi

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 527-538

  Koutinas, A F ^a   Koutinas, C K ^b  

^a Private Practice   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

clinical disease; dog; Leishmania infantum; leishmaniosis; pathology; pathomechanisms

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; VETERINARY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL;

EID: 84894514896     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985814521248     Document Type: Article

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