Predictive factors for Leishmania infantum infection in dogs examined at a veterinary teaching hospital in Teresina, State of Piauí, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Cruz, Maria do Socorro Pires e¹  Braga, José Ueleres¹  Costa, Carlos Henrique Nery¹  Mendonça, Ivete Lopes¹  Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil¹  Instituto de Doenças Tropicais Nathan Portella, Teresina, Brazil¹  Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, Brazil¹  Werneck, Guilherme Loureiro¹  Gouvêa, Marcus Vinicius¹ 

关键词:  Canine;    Control measures;    Visceral leishmaniasis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0187-2015

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION:In Brazil, culling of seropositive dogs is one of the recommended strategies to control visceral leishmaniasis. Since infectiousness is correlated with clinical signs, control measures targeting symptomatic dogs could be more effective.

【 授权许可】

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