Transplacental Transmission of Leishmania infantum as a Means for Continued Disease Incidence in North America

BACKGROUND: Dogs are the predominant domestic reservoir for human L. infantum infection. Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) is an emerging problem in some U.S. dog breeds, with an annual quantitative PCR prevalence of greater than 20% within an at-risk Foxhound population. Although classically Le...

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Autores principales: Boggiatto, Paola Mercedes, Gibson-Corley, Katherine Nicole, Metz, Kyle, Gallup, Jack Michael, Hostetter, Jesse Michael, Mullin, Kathleen, Petersen, Christine Anne
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3075227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21532741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001019

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