Canine Skin and Conjunctival Swab Samples for the Detection and Quantification of Leishmania infantum DNA in an Endemic Urban Area in Brazil

Canine Skin and Conjunctival Swab Samples for the Detection and Quantification of Leishmania infantum DNA in an Endemic Urban Area in Brazil

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is considered the most lethal manifestation among the diseases caused by genus Leishmania. The main control measures for VL are: diagnosis and early treatment of human cases, insecticide vector control, and euthanasia of seropositive dogs. Although these strategies have b...

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Main Authors: de Almeida Ferreira, Sidney, Leite, Rodrigo Souza, Ituassu, Leonardo Trindade, Almeida, Gregório Guilherme, Souza, Daniel Menezes, Fujiwara, Ricardo Toshio, de Andrade, Antero Silva Ribeiro, Melo, Maria Norma
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323509/

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