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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021 Dogs are the main urban reservoir of Leishmania infantum, the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), which is transmitted by sand flies. In the state of Paraná, the first detection of a positive dog for VL was in 2014, this year Paraná lost free
Silvia Cristina Osaki +6 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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Improving serodiagnosis of human and canine leishmaniasis with recombinant Leishmania braziliensis cathepsin l-like protein and a synthetic peptide containing its linear B-cell epitope. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 The early and correct diagnosis of human leishmaniasis is essential for disease treatment. Another important step in the control of visceral leishmaniasis is the identification of infected dogs, which are the main domestic reservoir of L.
Daniel Menezes-Souza +4 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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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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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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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 +3 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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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2010 O Brasil enfrenta uma expansão e urbanização da leishmaniose visceral americana com casos humanos e caninos em várias cidades de grande porte. O presente relato descreve um caso de leishmaniose visceral canina autóctone em uma área não endêmica no ...
Fabiano Borges Figueiredo +5 more
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Information technology by mobile communication for the notification of canine visceral leishmaniasis
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2021 : Visceral leishmaniasis is the most severe form of a human and animal disease complex entitled leishmaniasis, which is endemic to 70 countries. It is imperative to develop and offer technologies capable of increasing the resolution ability of control ...
Jaíne S.P. Vasconcellos +6 more
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