Serological investigation of Leishmania infantum, Dirofilaria immitis and Angiostrongylus vasorum in dogs from southern Portugal

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Maia, Carla ^a,b   Coimbra, Mónica ^c   Ramos, Cláudia ^a   Cristóvão, José Manuel ^a   Cardoso, Luís ^d   Campino, Lenea ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^c Clínica Veterinária Porto Seguro Edifício Majuca   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus vasorum; Dirofilaria immitis; Dog; Leishmania infantum; Portugal; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; SAMPLE; SEROLOGY; SERUM; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DOG DISEASES; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PARASITOLOGY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PORTUGAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84925586391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0771-z     Document Type: Article

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