Seroepidemiology of Leishmania spp. in dogs residing in Telêmaco Borba, Paraná, Brazil

Seroepidemiology of Leishmania spp. in dogs residing in Telêmaco Borba, Paraná, Brazil

Leishmaniasis is an important metazoonosis caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania and has a heteroxenic life cycle involving invertebrate and vertebrate hosts. Transmission occurs during the blood meal of infected phlebotomine sand flies in wild species, domestic animals, and humans. The dog is...

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Main Authors: Caroline Constantino, Aline Kuhn Sbruzzi Pasquali, Eloiza Teles Caldart, Fernanda Pinto Ferreira, Elizabete Regina Marangoni Marana, Roberta Lemos Freire, Regina Mitsuka-Breganó, Carmen Lúcia Scortecci Hilst, Odilon Vidotto, Italmar Teodorico Navarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2014-12-01
Series:Semina: Ciências Agrárias
Subjects:
Leishmaniasis; Pet dogs; Epidemiology; Indirect immunofluorescence; Rapid immunochromatography test; Diagnosis
Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/editor/submission/17009

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