Cutaneous involvement in canine leishmaniosis due to Leishmania infantum (syn. L. chagasi)

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Saridomichelakis, Manolis N ^a   Koutinas, Alexander F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VETERINARY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL;

EID: 84897066717     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vde.12105     Document Type: Article

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