Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 141-145 , March 2003

Domestic dog ownership: a risk factor for human infection with Leishmania (viannia) species

  • Richard Reithinger

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Richard Reithinger, Malaria and Leishmaniasis Control Programme, HealthNet International, 11-A Circular Lane, P. O. Box 889, University Town, Peshawar, Pakistan; phone +92 91 844 474, fax +92 91 840 379.
    • Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WCIE 7HT, UK
    • Dirección Regional de Salud Huanuco, Damaso Beraún 1016, Huánuco, Peru
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  • Juan Canales Espinoza

      Affiliations

    • Dirección Regional de Salud Huanuco, Damaso Beraún 1016, Huánuco, Peru
    • ,
  • Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Medicina Tropical ‘Alexander von Humboldt’, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Avenida Honorio Delgado 330, Lima, Peru
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  • Clive R. Davies

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WCIE 7HT, UK

Received 8 July 2002 ,Revised 22 October 2002 ,Accepted 24 October 2002.

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