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Provedor de dados: | Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
País: | Brazil
Título: | Detection of Leishmania infantum in the smegma of infected dogs
Autores: | Silva,L.C.; Assis,V.P.; Ribeiro,V.M.; Tafuri,W.L.; Toledo Júnior,J.C.; Silva,S.O.; Melo,M.N.; Rachid,M.A.; Valle,G.R.
Data: | 2014-06-01
Ano: | 2014
Palavras-chave: | Leishmania infantum; Dog; Prepuce; Smegma; Semen.
Resumo: | Considering the venereal transmission of visceral leishmaniasis from dogs to bitches, the aim of this study was to verify if the penile surface and smegma from infected dogs can be the source of parasites in bitches. Twelve Leishmania infantum infected dogs had semen and smegma samples collected for submission to PCR identification of the DNA of the parasite. Semen (41.7%) and smegma (50.0%) have similar positive incidence (P&gt;0.05; Fisher's exact test), with 58.3% of the dogs positive for semen and/or smegma samples. The proportion of positivity for both semen and smegma was 33.3%, but 8.3% was positive only for semen, and 16.7% only for smegma, revealing a moderate agreement between tests (K=0.5; Kappa index). It was concluded that Leishmania infantum is present in the smegma of contaminated dogs and it can be a source of parasites for the semen and the bitch.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352014000300731
Editor: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária
Relação: | 10.1590/1678-41626610
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia  v.66 n.3 2014
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess