Leishmaniosis study in Albania

[Fred R. Opperdoes]

Dear members of the list,
I forward to the leishmania list a question that I received from Prof.
Zessin. Is there anybody that can help?
Fred Opperdoes

>From: "Prof. K. Zessin" <zessin at city.vetmed.fu-berlin.de>
>To: opperdoes at trop.ucl.ac.be
>Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 09:52:18 +0000
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Subject: Leishmaniosis study in Albania
>Priority: normal
>
>Dear Prof. Opperdoes,
>
>we presently within the TEMPUS program between our faculty and the
>veterinary faculty in Tirana are supporting a field study on
>Leishmaniosis in dogs in Albania. The student has sampled both
>symptomatic and a-symptomatic dogs (total: 800) in several parts and
>egological zones of Albania and establishes the prevalence in dogs as
>well as identifies the possible species involved.
>
>We therefore are most interested in all relevant literature,
>references, activities, etc. on leishmaniosis (particularly in
>mediterranean countries) on the disease, species, vector
>(epidemiology, ecology!).
>
>Is there a database which we can tap into?
>Any assistance from your side is greatly appreciated.
>Thank you very much in advance.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Prof. K. Zessin
>
>+--------------------------------------------------+
>Prof. K. Zessin
>Freie Universitaet Berlin
>Luisenstrasse 56
>10117 Berlin- Germany
>Tel: +49 30 2093 6070
>+--------------------------------------------------+
>

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Fred R. Opperdoes,
Research Unit for Tropical Diseases (TROP) and
Laboratory of Biochemistry (BCHM)
Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology (ICP)
and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
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