Heterogeneities in Leishmania infantum Infection: Using Skin Parasite Burdens to Identify Highly Infectious Dogs

Heterogeneity in Viral Shedding Among Individuals With Medically Attended Influenza A Virus Infection

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Evaluation of rK39 Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis: Longitudinal Study and Meta-Analysis

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Preventing Zoonotic Canine Leishmaniasis in Northeastern Brazil: Pet Attachment and Adoption of Community Leishmania Prevention

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Comparison of real-time PCR and conventional PCR with two DNA targets for detection of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum infection in human and dog blood samples

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Heterogeneity in tuberculosis transmission and the role of geographic hotspots in propagating epidemics

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The hare (Lepus granatensis) as potential sylvatic reservoir of Leishmania infantum in Spain

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Canine visceral leishmaniasis: A comparative study of real-time PCR, conventional PCR, and direct agglutination on sera for the detection of Leishmania infantum infection

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

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Low Parasite Load Estimated by qPCR in a Cohort of Children Living in Urban Area Endemic for Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil

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Super-spreaders in infectious diseases

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Toll Receptors Type-2 and CR3 Expression of Canine Monocytes and Its Correlation with Immunohistochemistry and Xenodiagnosis in Visceral Leishmaniasis

(2011) Izabela Ferreira Gontijo de Amorim et al.   PLoS One

How effective is dog culling in controlling zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis? a critical evaluation of the science, politics and ethics behind this public health policy

(2011) Carlos Henrique Nery Costa   Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Detection of Leishmania infantum DNA in tissues of free-ranging red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Central Italy

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Comparison of Leishmania OligoC-TesT PCR with Conventional and Real-Time PCR for Diagnosis of Canine Leishmania Infection

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Canine visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi in Amazonian Brazil: comparison of the parasite density from the skin, lymph node and visceral tissues between symptomatic and asymptomatic, seropositive dogs

(2010) Luciana Vieira R. Lima et al.   REVISTA DO INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DE SAO PAULO

Molecular diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis: Identification of Leishmania species by PCR-RFLP and quantification of parasite DNA by real-time PCR

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Transmission, reservoir hosts and control of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis

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Evidence for a relationship between Leishmania load and clinical manifestations

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Transmission potential, skin inflammatory response, and parasitism of symptomatic and asymptomatic dogs with visceral leishmaniasis

(2008) Barbara B Vercosa et al.   BMC Veterinary Research

Visceral leishmaniasis in large Brazilian cities: challenges for control

(2008) Claudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira et al.   Cadernos de Saude Publica

Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: trends and challenges

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Super-shedding and the link between human infection and livestock carriage of Escherichia coli O157

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Histopathological and immunohistochemical investigations of the hepatic compartment associated with parasitism and serum biochemical changes in canine visceral leishmaniasis

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