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Veterinary Medicine International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 982183, 5 pages
Canine Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Dissemination and Tissue Tropism of Genetically Distinct Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis Populations
1Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Sistemática Molecular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Avenida Brasil No. 4365, Manguinhos, 21040-360 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2Laboratório de Vigilância em Leishmanioses, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, FIOCRUZ, Avenida Brasil No. 4365, Manguinhos, 21040-360 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Received 14 February 2013; Revised 21 April 2013; Accepted 22 May 2013
Academic Editor: G. F. Browning
Copyright © 2013 Guilherme Marx de Oliveira et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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