Clinical and hematological findings in Leishmania braziliensis-infected dogs from Pernambuco, Brazil Achados clínicos e hematológicos em cães infectados por Leishmania braziliensis de Pernambuco, Brasil

Canine cutaneous leishmaniasis by Leishmania braziliensis is a neglected, but widespread disease of dogs in South America. This paper describes clinical and hematological alterations in 17 L. braziliensis-infected dogs from Brazil. The most common hematological findings were thrombocytopenia (82.4%)...

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Main Authors: Luciana Aguiar Figueredo, Milena de Paiva-Cavalcanti, Ericka Lima Almeida, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Filipe Dantas-Torres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria 2012-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612012000400014