Article
Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of canine Leishmania infantum infection in selected towns of Southwest and West Shewa Zones of Oromia, Ethiopia
2022-01-06
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background: </h4> Canine Leishmania infantum infection is a major vector-borne zoonosis. Most cases of canine leishmanias are caused by Leishmania infantum , but other species can also be found. In the Old and New Worlds, leishmaniasis is spread by the bite of phlebotomine female sandflies of the genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia respectively. The objectives of the study were to estimate the seroprevalence and...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 07044b95-9700-57c6-ace6-dc6712b0773c
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1227368/v1
