Canine visceral leishmaniasis in northeast Brazil: epidemiological aspects

Silva, O.A.; Silva, P.B.; Silva, O.V.; Braga, G.M.; Albuquerque Júnior, A.; Queiros Neto, V.; Rocha, M.E.; Silva, E.F.; Silva, O.A; Silva, P.B; Silva, O.V; Braga, G.M; Albuquerque Júnior, A; Queiros Neto, V; Rocha, M.E; Silva, E.F

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Canine visceral leishmaniasis in northeast Brazil: epidemiological aspects

Silva, O.A.; Silva, P.B.; Silva, O.V.; Braga, G.M.; Albuquerque Júnior, A.; Queiros Neto, V.; Rocha, M.E.; Silva, E.F.

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique 100(1): 49-50

2007

ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9085

PMID: 17402696

Document Number: 607395

This article reports the relatively high prevalence of Leishmania in dogs, the lack of its classical vector Lutzomyia longipalpis, cases of American visceral leishmaniasis in humans and the observation of Leishmania in ticks collected from the infected dogs in a rural area of Northeast Brazil. Results suggest that ticks may be responsible for the transmission of Leishmania among dogs.