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Provedor de dados: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
País: | Brazil
Título: | Identification of Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi isolated from healthy skin of symptomatic and asymptomatic dogs seropositive for leishmaniasis in the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Autores: | Madeira,Maria de Fátima; Schubach,Armando de Oliveira; Schubach,Tânia Maria Pacheco; Leal,Cristianni Antunes; Marzochi,Mauro Célio de Almeida.
Data: | 2004-12-01
Ano: | 2004
Palavras-chave: | Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi; Isoenzymes; Dog; Intact skin; Clinical signs.
Resumo: | Euthanasia of seropositive dogs has been one of the principal measures adopted by the Program for the Control of Leishmaniasis in Brazil for many years. However, its efficacy is currently being questioned. We obtained intact skin samples from 20 Leishmania-reactive dogs from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro that had been referred for euthanasia. The promastigote forms of Leishmania were isolated in culture from 18 of these animals. Fourteen of these isolates were identified as Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi by isoenzyme electrophoresis; seven of these were from asymptomatic dogs and seven were from symptomatic animals with visceral leishmaniasis. In conclusion, cutaneous parasitism is found in the intact skin of dogs naturally infected with L. (L.) chagasi, irrespective of the presence or absence of clinical signs suggestive of visceral leishmaniasis.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000600008
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702004000600008
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.8 n.6 2004
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess