Characterization of Canine Leishmaniasis in the United States: Pathogenesis, Immunological Responses, and Transmission of an American Isolate of Leishmania infantum
Leishmania infantum, an etiologic agent of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis, has recently emerged in the foxhound population in the United States and parts of Canada. Leishmania infections are usually spread to mammals by infected sand flies, however epidemiological data do not support a role for san...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26873 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04152005-104125/ |