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The transmission dynamics of canine American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Huánuco, Peru. [PDF]

, 2003
The epidemiology of canine American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) due to Leishmania (Viannia) spp. was investigated in Huánuco, Peru to 1) describe the natural course of canine L.
Reithinger, Richard, Espinoza, Juan Canales, Davies, Clive R   +2 more
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Integrated mapping of establishment risk for emerging vector-borne infections: a case study of canine leishmaniasis in southwest France. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis is endemic in the Mediterranean Basin, where the dog is the main reservoir host. The disease's causative agent, Leishmania infantum, is transmitted by blood-feeding female sandflies.
Hartemink, Nienke, Hartemink, N.A., Heesterbeek Hans, Pesson, Bernard, Hans Heesterbeek, Davies Clive, Heesterbeek, Hans, David Morley, Mahamdallie Shazia, Morley, D., Ready Paul, Rogers, David, Clive Davies, Davies, C., Pesson Bernard, Vanwambeke, Sophie, Hartemink Nienke, Vanwambeke, S.O., Sophie O. Vanwambeke, Mahamdallie, Shazia, Heesterbeek, J.A.P., Davies, Clive, Hartemink, Nina, Rogers David, Pesson, B., Mahamdallie, S., Ready, Paul, Sophie O Vanwambeke, Dep Gezondheidszorg Landbouwhuisdieren, David Rogers, Paul Ready, Strategic Infection Biology, Vanwambeke, Sophie O, Nienke Hartemink, Bernard Pesson, Vanwambeke Sophie O., Ready, P., Shazia Mahamdallie, Rogers, D.J., Morley, David, Morley David   +40 more
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Ecology of phlebotomine sand flies in the rural community of Mont Rolland (Thiès region, Senegal): area of transmission of canine leishmaniasis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: Different epidemiological studies previously indicated that canine leishmaniasis is present in the region of Thiès (Senegal). However, the risks to human health, the transmission cycle and particularly the implicated vectors are unknown ...
Massila W Senghor, Malick N Faye, Babacar Faye, Karamoko Diarra, Eric Elguero, Oumar Gaye, Anne-Laure Bañuls, Abdoul A Niang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Sicily [PDF]

Military Medicine, 2000
The Sicilian province of Catania is an active foci for human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Mediterranean area. Approximately 10 to 15 cases of VL are diagnosed via hospital admissions each year in this community. Recently, an increase in VL case reporting by Sicilian physicians was noted, with 38 and 37 VL cases in 1996 and 1997, respectively ...
G R, Orndorff, B A, Cooper, W, Smith, J R, Ryan   +3 more
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Leishmania sp. Amastigotes Identification in Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor

Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine, 2014
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease with Leishmania chagasi being the etiological agent of canine visceral leishmaniasis in South America. Canine venereal tumor is a transplantable round cell tumor of histiocytic origin which is mostly observed in ...
Vinicius Soares Carreira, Heitor Flávio Ferrari, Ingeborg Maria Langohr, Charles Mackenzie, Luiz Carlos Montezzo, Edson Taira, Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter, Maria Cecília Rui Luvizotto   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil, between 2008 and 2012

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important parasitic disease. We evaluated the epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil.
Aimara da Costa Pinheiro, Alexandre Sylvio Vieira da Costa, Rodrigo Santos de Oliveira, Maria Letícia Costa Reis   +3 more
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Oleylphosphocholine versus Miltefosine for Canine Leishmaniasis. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg
ABSTRACT. Oleylphosphocholine (OlPC) is a miltefosine derivative that is more effective than miltefosine against Leishmania infections in rodent models. Because canines are a natural host for Leishmania, the improved treatment of canine leishmaniasis is essential both for veterinary medicine and as a large animal model for clinical development ...
Lima I, Fraga D, Berman J.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Leishmaniasis: new approaches to disease control. [PDF]

, 2003
The leishmaniases afflict the world's poorest populations. Among the two million new cases each year in the 88 countries where the disease is endemic (fig 1), it is estimated that 80% earn less than $2 a day.
Croft, Simon L, Sundar, Shyam, Davies, Clive R., Croft, Simon L., Kaye, Paul, Davies, Clive R   +5 more
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Canine Leishmaniasis in Southeastern Spain

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009
To examine prevalence changes and risk factors for canine leishmaniasis, we conducted a cross-sectional seroprevalence study and a survey during April-June 2006. Seroprevalence had increased at the meso-Mediterranean bioclimatic level over 22 years. Risk was highest for dogs that were older, large, lived outside, and lived at the meso-Mediterranean ...
Martín Sánchez, Joaquina, Morales Yuste, Manuel, Acedo-Sánchez, Carmen, Barón, Sergio, Morillas Márquez, Francisco, Díaz Sáez, Victoriano   +5 more
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Leishmania tropica: Another Etiological Agent of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Iran. [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2007
Background: Dogs have been previously reported to be reservoirs of Leishmania infantum as the etiological agent of human visceral leishmaniasis in Iran. We report a case of canine visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by L.
H Hajjaran, M Mohebali, Z Zarei, GhH Edrissian   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources