An atypical Toxoplasma gondii genotype in a rural Brazilian dog co-infected with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis

Toxoplasmosis and leishmaniasis are two worldwide zoonoses caused by the protozoan parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Leishmania spp., respectively. This report describes the clinical and laboratorial findings of a co-infection with both parasites in a 4-year-old female dog suspected of ehrlichiosis th...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Costa da Silva, Karen Caffaro, Carolina Lechinski Paula, Rafaela Mastrangelo Risseti, Helio Langoni, Jane Megid, Mariana Serrano Melanchauski, Katiane Lohn Souza, Regina Kiomi Takahira, Vânia Maria de Vasconcelos Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2015-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822015000200224&lng=en&tlng=en