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Human visceral leishmaniasis in northern Greece: Seroepidemiology and risk factors in endemic region

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2019
Background & objectives: Visceral leishmaniasis is endemic in Greece, with sporadic cases reported annually both in the mainland and in coastal areas.
Dionysia Theocharidou, Efstratios Maltezos, Theodoros C Constantinidis, Anna Papa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serological and clinical survey of Canine Leishmaniasis in Southwestern Region of Kosovo

Veterinaria Italiana, 2020
Canine Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum is endemic in Mediterranean countries. The disease represents an important public health issue in Kosovo in which the autochthonous cases by humans were reported in the last years.
Betim Xhekaj, Mentor Alishani, Agim Rexhepi, Xhevat Jakupi, Kurtesh Sherifi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
openaire   +4 more sources

Coinfection by Toxoplasma gondii and Leishmania spp. in domestic cats (Felis catus) in State of Mato Grosso do Sul

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014
Introduction Leishmaniasis and toxoplasmosis are important to public health. Methods Antibodies for Toxoplasma gondii and
Audrey Rennó Campos Braga, Ana Paula Ferreira Lopes Corrêa, Lucilene Granuzzio Camossi, Rodrigo Costa da Silva, Helio Langoni, Simone Baldini Lucheis   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cross-sectional survey of canine leishmaniasis in Pantelleria island in Sicily

Veterinaria Italiana, 2020
Dogs are the major reservoir of Leishmania infantum, the causative agent of canine visceral and cutaneous human leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean basin.
Fabrizio Vitale, Federica Bruno, Antonella Migliazzo, Antonella Galante, Angela Vullo, Raffaele Graziano, Salvatore D'Avola, Valentina Caputo, Germano Castelli   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Domestic dog ownership in Iran is a risk factor for human infection with Leishmania infantum. [PDF]

, 2002
One explanation proposed for the widespread failure to control zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis by culling infected domestic dogs is that wild canids or humans play significant roles in transmission.
Davies, Clive R, Edrissian, Gholan H, Gavgani, A Samad Mazloumi, Mohebali, Mehdi, Mohite, Hassan   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Prevalence of canine leishmaniasis in Beichuan County, Sichuan, China and phylogenetic evidence for an undescribed Leishmania sp. in China based on 7SL RNA

Parasites & Vectors, 2012
Background Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease, which is still endemic in the west and northwest area of China. Canines are the major reservoirs of Leishmania, the etiological agent of human visceral leishmaniasis.
Sun Ke, Guan Wang, Zhang Jian-Guo, Wang Ya-Jing, Tian Yu, Liao Lin, Yang Bin-Bin, Chen Da-Li, Chen Jian-Ping   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Field trial of efficacy of the Leish-tec® vaccine against canine leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum in an endemic area with high transmission rates

PLoS ONE, 2017
Background Because domestic dogs are reservoir hosts for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil, one of the approaches used to reduce human disease incidence is to cull infected dogs.
G. Grimaldi, A. Têva, Claudiney B Dos-Santos, F. N. Santos, I. S. Pinto, B. Fux, G. Leite, A. Falqueto   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with visceral leishmaniasis in dogs in Jaciara, State of Mato Grosso

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014
Introduction Visceral leishmaniasis is a neglected disease. Jaciara, State of Mato Grosso has the most cases.
Priscila Marcidelli Lopes, Eveline da Cruz Boa Sorte, Naiani Domingos Gasparetto, Cenita Maria Oliveira, Arleana do Bom Parto Ferreira de Almeida, Valéria Régia Franco Sousa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of insecticide-impregnated dog collars in reducing incidence rate of canine visceral leishmaniasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE, 2020
Canines are proven reservoir hosts of Leishmania infantum, the causative agent of human zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis, and therefore domestic dogs play a central role in transmitting the disease to humans.
Y. Yimam, M. Mohebali
semanticscholar   +1 more source