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Asymptomatic Leishmania infantum infection in dogs and dog owners in an endemic area in southeast France

  • 1. MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CNRS, 911 av Agropolis, 34090, Montpellier, France
  • 2. Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire (C3M), U1065, Université Côte d'Azur, Inserm, 151 route Saint Antoine de Ginestière, BP 2 3194 06204, Nice, France
  • 3. Département de Santé Publique, UR2CA, Université Côte d'Azur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, 151,
  • 4. Laboratoire Vétérinaire Départemental, 105 route des Chappes, BP 107 06902, Sophia-Antipolis, France
  • 5. Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire (C3M), U1065, Université Côte d'Azur, Inserm, 151 route Saint Antoine de Ginestière, BP 2 3194 06204, Nice, France & Service de Parasitologie Mycologie, CHU Nice, 151, route de Saint Antoine de Ginestière, CS 23079 06202, Nice, France
  • 6. Service de Parasitologie Mycologie, CHU Nice, 151, route de Saint Antoine de Ginestière, CS 23079 06202, Nice, France

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Hide, Mallorie, Michel, Gregory, Legueult, Kevin, Pin, Raphaelle, Leonard, Susana, Simon, Loïc, Bañuls, Anne-Laure, Delaunay, Pascal, Marty, Pierre, Pomares, Christelle (2024): Asymptomatic Leishmania infantum infection in dogs and dog owners in an endemic area in southeast France. Parasite (Paris, France) 31 (16): 1-9, DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2024019, URL: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2024019

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