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Provedor de dados: | 80
País: | Brazil
Título: | American cutaneous leishmaniasis in dogs from an endemic urban area in Cianorte municipality, Paraná State, Brazil
Autores: | Cerino,DA; Veloso,J; Perles,TF; Zanzarini,PD; Lonardoni,MVC; Silveira,TGV.
Data: | 2010-01-01
Ano: | 2010
Palavras-chave: | Leishmania braziliensis; Fluorescent antibody technique; Polymerase chain reaction; Urban park.
Resumo: | American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) was investigated in dogs from an urban endemic area in Cianorte, Paraná state, Brazil. Of 169 studied dogs, none presented suspected ACL lesions. Eleven animals (6.6%) had anti-Leishmania braziliensis antibodies (titers &gt; 40) detected by the immunofluorescent antibody test (IFAT) while four (2.4%) showed L. braziliensis-complex DNA by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Although no associations were found between IFAT or PCR results and age, sex, origin, free-roaming animals or length of residence at the address, the majority of IFAT- or PCR-positive dogs were from the urban area of the city and were allowed to roam freely beyond their neighborhood. The presence of anti-Leishmania braziliensis antibodies and L. braziliensis-complex DNA in dogs from this urban area near a native-forest park indicates the importance of following up on these dogs to confirm the ACL diagnosis.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992010000200007
Editor: | Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos
Relação: | 10.1590/S1678-91992010000200007
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases  v.16 n.2 2010
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess