Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 We report the results of a survey to determine the prevalence of canine leishmaniasis and the presence of sand flies in northwestern Italy, where autochthonous foci of canine leishmaniasis have not been reported.
Ezio Ferroglio +4 more
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Canine Leishmaniasis: Update on Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2022 Dog are the main reservoir of Leishmania infantum, causing canine leishmaniasis, an incurable multisystemic disease that leads to death in symptomatic dogs, when not treated.
Manuel Morales-Yuste +2 more
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Absence of phlebotominae sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) and allochthonous canine leishmaniasis cases in the Santa Catarina Plateau, Brazil [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterináriaLeishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by Leishmania spp., transmitted to hosts through the bite of female phlebotomine sandflies, with domestic dogs serving as reservoirs for the disease.
Faiane Reila Sousa Centenaro Duarte +7 more
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Canine leishmaniasis prevalence in the Slovenian dog population [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary Research, 2021 Leishmaniasis is a life-threatening zoonosis of which dogs are the major reservoir and sandflies are the vectors. Until now, the prevalence of canine leishmaniasis (CanL) in the Slovenian dog population was unknown.
Kotnik Tina +7 more
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Urban canine leishmaniasis in an Amazonian municipality: a cross-sectional study of prevalence, distribution and phlebotomine fauna during the dry season, Brazil, 2023 [PDF]
Epidemiologia e Serviços de SaúdeObjective To describe the prevalence and distribution of canine leishmaniasis and the phlebotomine fauna across the five urban neighborhoods of the Cachoeira do Piriá Amazonian municipality, Pará state, Brazil, during the dry season. Methods Dogs were
Adriana Sousa Tapajós +5 more
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Culling dogs in scenarios of imperfect control: realistic impact on the prevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis belongs to the list of neglected tropical diseases and is considered a public health problem worldwide. Spatial correlation between the occurrence of the disease in humans and high rates of canine infection suggests ...
Danielle N C C Costa +3 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006 The geographic information system approach has permitted integration between demographic, socio-economic and environmental data, providing correlation between information from several data banks.
Carina Margonari +7 more
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Human visceral leishmaniasis and relationship with vector and canine control measures
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2018 OBJECTIVE Estimate the coverage of control measures of visceral leishmaniasis and relate them with the occurrence of human visceral leishmaniasis in endemic urban area.
Danielle Nunes Carneiro Castro Costa +9 more
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Autochthonous canine leishmaniasis in Romania: neglected or (re)emerging?
Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Canine leishmaniasis is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania infantum. In Romania between 1955 and 2013, no cases of human autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis were reported.
Viorica Mircean +5 more
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Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2018 Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL), caused by protozoans of the genus Leishmania, it is a worldwide of great importance disease. In the northeast region of Brazil, the state of Alagoas has an endemic status for ZVL.
M. A. N. Rocha +3 more
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