Experimental infection of dogs with a Brazilian strain of Rickettsia rickettsii: clinical and laboratory findings Eliane M Piranda; João Luis H Faccini; Adriano Pinter; Tais B Saito; Richard C Pacheco; Mitika K Hagiwara; Marcelo B Labruna PAGE: 696-701 | DOI: S0074-02762008000700012

Leishmania infection and host-blood feeding preferences of phlebotomine sandflies and canine leishmaniasis in an endemic European area, the Algarve Region in Portugal Carla Maia, Lídia Dionísio, Maria Odete Afonso, Luís Neto, José Manuel Cristóvão, Lenea Campino PAGE: 481-487 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108042013014

Myenteric plexus is differentially affected by infection with distinct Trypanosoma cruzi strains in Beagle dogs Nívia Carolina Nogueira-Paiva, Kátia da Silva Fonseca, Paula Melo de Abreu Vieira, Lívia Figueiredo Diniz, Ivo Santana Caldas, Sandra Aparecida Lima de Moura, Vanja Maria Veloso, Paulo Marcos da Matta Guedes, Washington Luiz Tafuri, Maria Terezinha Bahia, Cláudia Martins Carneiro PAGE: 51-60 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130216

Comparison between Splenic and Lymph Node Aspirations as Sampling Methods for the Parasitological Detection of Leishmania chagasi Infection in Dogs Stella Maria Barrouin-Melo, Daniela Farias Larangeira, Joelma Trigo, Paulo Henrique Palis Aguiar, Washington Luís Conrado dos-Santos, Lain Pontes-de-Carvalho PAGE: 195-197

Force of Infection and Evolution of Lesions of Canine Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in Northwestern Argentina Jorge Diego Marco, Angel Marcelo Padilla, Patricio Diosque, Marisa Mariel Fernández*, Emilio Luis Malchiodi*, Miguel Angel Basombrío PAGE: 649-652

Morphometry of Submucous and Myenteric Esophagic Plexus of Dogs Experimentally Reinfected withTrypanosoma cruzi Evandro MM Machado, Deolino J Camilo Júnior*, Simone W Pinheiro*, Edison Reis Lopes*, Alexandre J Fernandes, João Carlos Pinto Dias, Sheila J Adad* PAGE: 545-548

The TcI and TcII Trypanosoma cruzi experimental infections induce distinct immune responses and cardiac fibrosis in dogs Ana Luiza Cassin Duz, Paula Melo de Abreu Vieira, Bruno Mendes Roatt, Rodrigo Dian Oliveira Aguiar-Soares, Jamille Mirelle de Oliveira Cardoso, Flávia Carvalho Bitencourt de Oliveira, Levi Eduardo Soares Reis, Washington Luiz Tafuri, Vanja Maria Veloso, Alexandre Barbosa Reis, Cláudia Martins Carneiro PAGE: 1005-1013 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140208

Measurements of Trypanosoma evansi from the Pantanal L Ramirez, AMR Dávila,AM Victório, RAMS Silva, V Trajano, AM Jansen PAGE: 483-484

Calculation of the ELISA’s cut-off based on the change-point analysis method for detection of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Bolivian dogs in the absence of controls Frédéric Lardeux, Gino Torrico, Claudia Aliaga PAGE: 501-504 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160119

Retrieving ascarid and taeniid eggs from the biological remains of a Neolithic dog from the late 9th millennium BC in Western Iran Niloofar Paknezhad, Farbod Haji Mazdarani, Morteza Hessari, Iraj Mobedi, Faezeh Najafi, Negar Bizhani, Mahsasadat Makki, Gholamreza Hassanpour, Gholamreza Mowlavi PAGE: 593-595 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160420

Validation of the Dual-path Platform chromatographic immunoassay (DPP® CVL rapid test) for the serodiagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis Fabiano Borges Figueiredo, Tassia Cristina Bello de Vasconcelos, Maria de Fátima Madeira, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Ana Nilce Silveira Maia-Elkhoury, Andreza Pain Marcelino, Guilherme L Werneck DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760180260