Prevalence of Leishmania spp. infection in domestic dogs in Chapare, Bolivia

被引:3
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作者
Parrado, Rudy [2 ]
Rojas, Ernesto [2 ]
Delgado, Raul [2 ]
Torrico, Mary Cruz [2 ]
Reithinger, Richard [1 ,3 ]
Garcia, Ana Lineth [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ London London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Dept Infect & Trop Dis, Dis Control & Vector Biol Unit, London WC1E 7HT, England
[2] Univ Mayor San Simon, CUMETROP, Cochabamba, Bolivia
[3] George Washington Univ, Sch Med & Hlth Sci, Washington, DC 20052 USA
关键词
Leishmaniasis; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; Dogs; Control; Bolivia; CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; CANIS-FAMILIARIS; LOS-YUNGAS; AMAZONENSIS; FOCUS; VECTOR;
D O I
10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.11.021
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Data on Leishmania spp. infection in dogs in Bolivia is scarce. Dogs from an area where 90% of human cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) cases are due to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis were screened for Leishmania infection using established enzyme-linked immunosorbent antibody test (ELISA) protocols. Although none of the 51 dogs surveyed had clinical lesions indicative of CL, 6 out of 51 (11.8%) sampled dogs tested positive by ELISA. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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