Prevalence of antibodies against visceralizing Leishmania spp. in brown rats from Grenada, West Indies
Background and Aim: Leishmania spp. are known to cause disease in man and animals. Rats are considered important reservoir hosts and transmission takes place through the bite of female sand fly, Phlebotomus spp. To the best of our knowledge, there is no published information on Leishmania infection...
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Veterinary World
2018-09-01
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Online Access: | http://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.11/September-2018/19.pdf |