A Leishmania infantum FML-ELISA for the Detection of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area of Iran [PDF]
Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused by Leishmania infantum in Mediterranean basin and is an endemic disease in some parts of Iran. Canines are the main reservoirs of VL in most of the endemic areas.
بهلولی, شهاب +6 more
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Leishmania infection and host-blood feeding preferences of phlebotomine sandflies and canine leishmaniasis in an endemic European area, the Algarve Region in Portugal [PDF]
, 2013 The Algarve Region (AR) in southern Portugal, which is an international tourist destination, has been considered an endemic region of zoonotic leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum since the 1980s.
Afonso, Maria Odete +5 more
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2008 O cão doméstico desempenha importante papel como reservatório na transmissão da leishmaniose visceral ao homem, zoonose de grande importância em saúde pública.
Márcia Ávila A. de Azevedo +4 more
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T cells, adhesion molecules and modulation of apoptosis in visceral leishmaniasis glomerulonephritis [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Immune complex deposition is the accepted mechanism of pathogenesis of VL glomerulopathy however other immune elements may participate. Further in the present study, no difference was seen between immunoglobulin and C3b deposit intensity in ...
Francisco AL Costa +5 more
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One Health: The global challenge of epidemic and endemic leishmaniasis
Parasites & Vectors, 2011 'One Health' proposes the unification of medical and veterinary sciences with the establishment of collaborative ventures in clinical care, surveillance and control of cross-species disease, education, and research into disease pathogenesis, diagnosis ...
Day Michael J +1 more
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Awareness and control of canine leishmaniosis: A survey among Spanish and French veterinarians [PDF]
, 2018 Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) is a parasitic disease affecting dogs and humans, which is transmitted by female sandflies. Over the last decade, disease prevalence has increased fivefold in parts of southern Europe, where an estimated 2.5 million ...
Overgaauw, P.A.M. (Paul A.M.) +2 more
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Sensitive and specific serodiagnosis of Leishmania infantum infection in dogs by using peptides selected from hypothetical proteins identified by an immunoproteomic approach [PDF]
, 2013 In Brazil, the percentage of infected dogs living in areas where canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is endemic ranges from 10 to 62%; however, the prevalence of infection in dogs is probably higher than figures reported from serological studies.
Carvalho, Fernando Aécio A +15 more
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2005 This paper describes an epidemiologic investigation carried out in Imbiribeira district, where a canine visceral leishmaniasis case was recorded. Despite the absence of seropositive dogs and sand flies, these findings are not sufficient to discard the ...
Filipe Dantas-Torres +3 more
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Vaccines for canine leishmaniasis
Frontiers in Immunology, 2012 Leishmaniasis is the third most important vector-borne disease worldwide. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe and frequently lethal protozoan disease of increasing incidence and severity due to infected human and dog migration, new geographical ...
Clarisa B. Palatnik-De-Sousa
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A sensitive flow cytometric methodology for studying the binding of to canine peritoneal macrophages [PDF]
, 2005 The Leishmania promastigote-macrophage interaction occurs through the association of multiple receptors on the biological membrane surfaces. The success of the parasite infection is dramatically dependent on this early interaction in the vertebrate host,
Ricardo Gonçalves +49 more
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