Transplacental Transmission of Leishmania infantum as a Means for Continued Disease Incidence in North America

Paola Mercedes Boggiatto; Katherine Nicole Gibson-Corley; Kyle Metz; Jack Michael Gallup; Jesse Michael Hostetter; Kathleen Mullin; Christine Anne Petersen

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001019

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Transplacental Transmission of Leishmania infantum as a Means for Continued Disease Incidence in North America

Paola Mercedes Boggiatto,

Current address: Department of Microbiology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Affiliations Immunobiology Program, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Katherine Nicole Gibson-Corley,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Kyle Metz,

Current address: Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Jack Michael Gallup,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Jesse Michael Hostetter,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Kathleen Mullin,

Affiliation Laboratory Animal Resources, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Christine Anne Petersen

* E-mail: kalicat@iastate.edu

Affiliations Immunobiology Program, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Transplacental Transmission of Leishmania infantum as a Means for Continued Disease Incidence in North America

Paola Mercedes Boggiatto,
Katherine Nicole Gibson-Corley,
Kyle Metz,
Jack Michael Gallup,
Jesse Michael Hostetter,
Kathleen Mullin,
Christine Anne Petersen

Published: April 12, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001019

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