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Leishmania sp. Amastigotes Identification in Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor

open access: yesCase Reports in Veterinary Medicine, 2014
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease with Leishmania chagasi being the etiological agent of canine visceral leishmaniasis in South America. Canine venereal tumor is a transplantable round cell tumor of histiocytic origin which is mostly observed in ...
Vinicius Soares Carreira   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Program for the Control of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil: The Effect of the Systematic Euthanasia of Seropositive Dogs as a Single Control Action in Porteirinha, a Brazilian City with an Intense Transmission of Visceral Leishmaniasis

open access: yesPathogens, 2023
Background: Porteirinha is endemic for visceral leishmaniasis (VL), with intense disease transmission of the disease. We evaluated the impact of canine euthanasia as a single control measure on the incidence of VL in humans and canines.
João Carlos França-Silva   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Canine visceral leishmaniasis as a systemic fibrotic disease

open access: yesInternational Journal of Experimental Pathology, 2013
SummaryWe propose that canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is a systemic fibrotic disease, as evidenced by the wide distribution of fibrosis that we have found in the dogs suffering from chronic condition. The inflammatory cells apparently direct fibrosis formation.
Lucelia C, Silva   +5 more
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Emerging and Re-Emerging Zoonoses of Dogs and Cats. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Since the middle of the 20th century, pets are more frequently considered as "family members" within households. However, cats and dogs still can be a source of human infection by various zoonotic pathogens.
Chomel, Bruno B
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Factors Associated With the Emergence and Spread of Visceral Leishmaniasis in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

open access: yesZoonoses and Public Health, Volume 73, Issue 4, Page 348-357, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), once considered a rural disease in Brazil, has progressively urbanised, particularly in the state of São Paulo (SSP), where the first urban cases emerged after the detection of the vector Lutzomyia longipalpis in 1997.
Vera Lucia Fonseca de Camargo‐Neves   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of Leishmania infantum species in dogs from the urban area of Cuiabá, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Visceral leishmaniasis presents urban behavior in some Brazilian cities, with domestic dogs as the main infection source. In Cuiabá, MT, canine visceral leishmaniasis was diagnosed and characterized as recommended by the Ministry of Health.
Bianca De Santis   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Slc11a1 (formerly Nramp1) and susceptibility to canine visceral leishmaniasis [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinary Research, 2008
Visceral leishmaniasis is the most important zoonosis in Europe and it is caused by Leishmania infantum, a protozoan intracellular parasite. Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is endemic in the Mediterranean basin, Middle East, and South America, and is emerging within non endemic areas such as the United Kingdom and North America. We have analyzed 24
Sanchez-Robert, Elisenda   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Declining Visceral Leishmaniasis in Malta [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Aims: To study visceral leishmaniasis (VL) trends in Malta. Methods: Analysis of epidemiological and clinical trends, a veterinary questionnaire and questioning a canine laboratory testing facility.
Grech, Victor E., Vella, Cecil
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Predicting the distribution of canine leishmaniasis in western Europe based on environmental variables. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The domestic dog is the reservoir host of Leishmania infantum, the causative agent of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis endemic in Mediterranean Europe. Targeted control requires predictive risk maps of canine leishmaniasis (CanL), which are now explored ...
ADRIAN MYLNE   +21 more
core   +2 more sources

Brain Involvement in Leishmaniasis

open access: yesCell Biochemistry and Function, Volume 44, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Leishmania and it is a significant global health problem. The disease has a wide clinical spectrum, from tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL) that encompasses cutaneous (CL), mucosal (ML) and cutaneous‐diffuse (CDL) forms, to the potentially fatal systemic ...
Camila S. Freitas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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