Dogs as a possible animal reservoir for leishmaniasis in Dickwella, Sri Lanka

Abayaweera, Charani A; Siriwardana, Yamuna; Abeywardana, T J; Rathnayaka, R M U K; Kumarasinghe, H G C Nuwan; Karunaweera, Nadira D

dc.contributor.author	Abayaweera, Charani A
dc.contributor.author	Siriwardana, Yamuna
dc.contributor.author	Abeywardana, T J
dc.contributor.author	Rathnayaka, R M U K
dc.contributor.author	Kumarasinghe, H G C Nuwan
dc.contributor.author	Karunaweera, Nadira D
dc.date.accessioned	2011-11-15T10:52:11Z
dc.date.available	2011-11-15T10:52:11Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.citation	Annual Research Proceedings, University of Colombo held on 12th and 13th May 2010	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/387
dc.description.abstract	Leishmaniasis is now recognized as an endemic disease in Sri Lanka. Infection caused by Leishmania spp. is known to affect both humans and animals, including domestic dogs. Detection of an animal reservoir is important to understand transmission dynamics and to formulate control strategies. By testing for antibody response; past infections and asymptomatic disease can be detected. rK39 is a L.donovani specific antigen to which the visceralizing infection can exert a serological response
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Colombo	en_US
dc.title	Dogs as a possible animal reservoir for leishmaniasis in Dickwella, Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.type	Research abstract	en_US