Canine cutaneous leishmaniasis in Venezuela

Bonfante-Garrido, R.; Morillo, N.; Torres, R.

Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau 91(2): 160-165

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0030-0632
PMID: 6458308
Document Number: 176960
Twenty-two dogs were examined in Lara State, Venezuela. 9 had skin lesions of leishmaniasis and 8 showed parasites in smears. In hamsters the parasite produced discrete histiocytomas with a moderate number of amastigotes but no metastases. It seemed to be Leishmania braziliensis.

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