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Epidemiology of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in the municipality of Taquarana – AL (2009 – 2018) / Epidemiologia da Leishmaniose Visceral Canina no município de Taquarana – AL (2009-2018)

Diversitas Journal, 2019
Visceral Canine Leishmaniasis (LVC) is a pathology caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania, which affects dogs, which are considered, in the urban transmission cycle, the main reservoirs through which humans can become infected.
Jecilãine Efigênia da Silva, Ivan Nascimento de Oliveira, Thaynnara Paula dos Santos Lira, João Pedro Ferreira Barbosa, Ana Marta da Silva Lima, Claudimary Bispo dos Santos   +5 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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Assessment of Leishmania exposure in blood donors from a non‐endemic urban area: A study in São Paulo

Vox Sanguinis, Volume 121, Issue 2, Page 160-168, February 2026.
Abstract Background and Objectives According to the World Health Organization, more than 1 billion people are at risk of leishmaniasis in over 89 countries. Environmental changes such as deforestation, urban expansion and climate change facilitate the spread of sand fly vectors and reservoirs, increasing disease transmission.
Ismael Severino de Lima, Suzete Cleusa Ferreira, Anna Shoko Nishiya, Norival Kesper Jr., Jerenice Esdras Ferreira, Claudia Maria de Castro Gomes, Juliana Derriga, Katia Cristina Dantas, Silvia Petrossi Gallo Polato, Nanci Alves Salles, Jose Angelo Lauletta Lindoso, Tila Fanciani, Cesar de Almeida‐Neto, Vanderson Rocha, Alfredo Mendrone Jr.   +14 more
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An autochthonous case of visceral canine leishmaniasis in Barra do Piraí-RJ

Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2019
Visceral Leishmaniasis, a disease caused by the protozoan Leishmania chagasi, is a re-emergent anthropozoonosis, considered a major public health problem.
Flavia Clare Goulart de Carvalho, Raphaela Fernandes Coelho, Gabriele Barbosa Brandão, Artur Augusto Velho Mendes Júnior, Bruna de Azevedo Baêta   +4 more
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Leishmaniasis in Morocco: Epidemiology, Transmission Dynamics, and the Potential of Artificial Intelligence for Disease Management

Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Leishmaniases are neglected tropical diseases caused by Leishmania parasites and transmitted by infected phlebotomine sand flies, and they remain a major public health challenge in Morocco. The burden is dominated by cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and visceral leishmaniasis (VL), mainly associated with Leishmania major, Leishmania tropica, and L ...
Chaymaa Harkat, Denis Sereno, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Moulay Abdelmonaim Hidan, Mohamed El Yamani, Kholoud Kahime, Satabdi Datta Choudhury   +6 more
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Inflammatory response, parasite load and AgNOR expression in ear skin of symptomatic and asymptomatic Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi infected dogs

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2011
The skin has an important role in the transmission of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) as the infection pathway in dogs. To better characterize the inflammatory response of intact skin in VL, sixty infected dogs (30 symptomatic and 30 asymptomatic) and six ...
Verçosa BLA, Borges ACJ, Mendes FJM, Costa MLS, Pereira NB, Melo MN, Mendonça IL, Costa FAL, Vasconcelos AC   +8 more
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Leishmaniose visceral canina em Maricá, Estado do Rio de Janeiro: relato do primeiro caso autóctone Canine visceral leishmaniasis in Maricá, State of Rio de Janeiro: first report of an autochthonous case

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2009
Leishmaniose visceral é uma zoonose de importância em Saúde Pública, onde os cães representam um dos maiores problemas. Este trabalho visa relatar o primeiro caso autóctone da leishmaniose visceral canina no município de Maricá, fornecendo elementos ...
Cíntia Cristiane de Paula, Fabiano Borges Figueiredo, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Eliame Mouta-Confort, Alessandra Bogio, Maria de Fátima Madeira   +5 more
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A real-time ITS1-PCR based method in the diagnosis and species identification of Leishmania parasite from human and dog clinical samples in Turkey.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
Human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by L. infantum and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by L. tropica and L. infantum have been reported in Turkey. L.
Seray Ozensoy Toz, Gulnaz Culha, Fadile Yıldız Zeyrek, Hatice Ertabaklar, M Ziya Alkan, Aslı Tetik Vardarlı, Cumhur Gunduz, Yusuf Ozbel   +7 more
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Epidemiological aspects of Leishmaniasis in the Pantanal region of Mato Grosso

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by the protozoan Leishmania parasite that is disseminated by some species of sandflies and hosted by a variety of reservoirs.
Veruska Nogueira de Brito, Álvaro Felipe de Lima Ruy Dias, Valéria Régia Franco Sousa   +2 more
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Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis through spatial analysis, in Belo Horizonte municipality, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

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, Christian Rezende Freitas, Rosemary Campos Ribeiro, Ana Clara Mourão Moura, Marcos Timbó, Adriano Heckert Gripp, José Eduardo Pessanha, Edelberto Santos Dias   +7 more
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