Vaccination against canine leishmaniasis in Brazil [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology, 2020 Prevention of canine Leishmania infantum infection is critical to management of visceral leishmaniasis in people living in endemic areas of Brazil. A bill (PL 1738/11), currently under consideration, proposes to establish a national vaccination policy against canine leishmaniasis in Brazil.
Filipe Dantas-Torres +19 more
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Global Distribution of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis and the Role of the Dog in the Epidemiology of the Disease [PDF]
PathogensVisceral leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoa of the species Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum (syn = Leishmania chagasi) and Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani, which are transmitted by hematophagous insects of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus.
Diego Fernandes Vilas Boas +15 more
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2020 INTRODUCTION: The use of insecticide-impregnated dog collars is a potentially useful tool for the control of visceral leishmaniasis. The objective of the present study was to perform a cost-effectiveness analysis of a program based on insecticide ...
Tália Machado de Assis +4 more
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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Canine Leishmaniasis in Egypt. [PDF]
Vet Sci, 2021 Background: Canine leishmaniasis (CanL) is caused by Leishmania infantum (L. infantum) that is transmitted by sand fly vectors with dogs acting as the main reservoir.
Selim A +5 more
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Canine leishmaniasis in the Americas: etiology, distribution, and clinical and zoonotic importance. [PDF]
Parasit VectorsCanine leishmaniasis is a widespread disease on the American continent, with cases reported from Uruguay to the USA and Canada. While numerous Leishmania spp.
Dantas-Torres F.
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An Overview of Immunotherapeutic Approaches Against Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis: What Has Been Tested on Dogs and a New Perspective on Improving Treatment Efficacy [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2019 Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), caused by digenetic protozoa of the genus Leishmania, is the most severe form of leishmaniasis. Leishmania infantum is one of the species responsible for VL and the disease caused is considered a zoonosis whose main reservoir
Ana Alice Maia Gonçalves +15 more
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Scientometric analysis of chemotherapy of canine leishmaniasis (2000-2020). [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2021 Background Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis by Leishmania infantum is a first-order pathology in canine veterinary clinics in endemic areas. Moreover, canine infections are considered the main reservoir for human disease; despite their importance in the ...
Olías-Molero AI +3 more
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Human and Canine Leishmaniasis: Diagnosis and Risk Factors
World's Veterinary Journal, 2022 Leishmaniasis is a zoonosis disease caused by a parasite of the genus Leishmania transmitted by the sandflies. It is ranked among the 20 major neglected tropical diseases.
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Parasitemia and its daily variation in canine leishmaniasis. [PDF]
Parasitol Res, 2020 The aim of this study was to evaluate, through qPCR, the prevalence of parasitemia in sick kennel dogs naturally infected by canine leishmaniasis. An evaluation of daily changes of the parasitic load in peripheral blood was also performed.
Di Pietro S +6 more
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Assessment of Circulating Immune Complexes During Natural and Experimental Canine Leishmaniasis. [PDF]
Front Vet Sci, 2020 Canine leishmaniasis (CanL) is a disease characterized by a large variety of clinical alterations, the majority of which being due to immune mediated mechanisms.
Gizzarelli M +7 more
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