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Epidemiology of canine visceral leishmaniasis in a vulnerable region in Brazil [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021
Abstract Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a neglected and endemic zoonosis that occurs throughout Brazil; nevertheless, few studies have focused on the early detection of the disease. The municipality of Ourinhos is a non-receptive, silent and vulnerable area for VL, where the seroprevalence of this disease has so far not been investigated.
Douglas Aparecido da Silva, Natália Camila Minucci Bonatto, Gabriela Lovizutto Venturin, Larissa Martins Melo, Paula Lima de Oliveira, Letícia Ramos Costa, Maria Rachel Melo Bosculo, Luiz Daniel de Barros, Valéria Marçal Felix de Lima, Breno Fernando Martins de Almeida   +9 more
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Characterization of a municipality as free of canine visceral leishmaniasis in the context of One Health

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, Ricardo Babinski Bregonde, Vinicius Dahm, Priscila Pereira, Claudomiro Postai, Monique Paiva de Campos, Fabiano Borges Figueiredo   +6 more
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Seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis in southeast of Iran [PDF]

Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 2013
Visceral leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in many parts of Iran and infected dogs constitute the main domestic reservoirs that play a key role in transmission to humans. The objective of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in southeast of Iran.
Mostafavi, Mahshid, Akhtardanesh, Baharak, Sharifi, Iraj, Kakooei, Sina, Khedri, Javad, Bamorovat, Mehdi   +5 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, Patricia Marques Moralejo Bermudi, Lilian Aparecida Colebrusco Rodas, Caris Maroni Nunes, Roberto Mitsuyoshi Hiramoto, José Eduardo Tolezano, Rafael Silva Cipriano, Graziela Cândido Diniz Cardoso, Cláudia Torres Codeço, Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto   +9 more
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Epidemiological aspects of human and canine visceral leishmaniasis in State of Alagoas, Northeast, Brazil

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, T. J. Matos-Rocha, C. M. B. Ribeiro, S. R. O. Abreu   +3 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, Tiago Antônio de Oliveira Mendes, Matheus de Souza Gomes, Daniella Castanheira Bartholomeu, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara   +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, Cláudia T Codeço, Moacyr A Silva, Guilherme L Werneck   +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, M Mohebali, Z Zarei, GhH Edrissian   +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, Mirabela Oana Dumitrache, Mircea Mircean, Pompei Bolfa, Adriana Györke, Andrei Daniel Mihalca   +5 more
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Relato de caso autóctone de leishmaniose visceral canina na zona sul do município do Rio de Janeiro Report on an autochthonous case of canine visceral leishmaniasis in the southern zone of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro

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, Carlos José de Lima Barbosa Filho, Edvar Yuri Pacheco Schubach, Sandro Antonio Pereira, Lílian Dias Nascimento, Maria de Fátima Madeira   +5 more
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