Leishmania chagasi in dogs from the city of Jaciara, Mato Grosso, Brazil
2015
Patrícia Lazari | Arleana do Bom Parto Ferreira de Almeida | Valéria Dutra | Luciano Nakazato | Álvaro Felipe de Lima Ruy Dias | Veruska Nogueira de Brito | Cenita Maria Oliveira | Valéria Régia Franco Sousa
ABSTRACT:The aim of this study was to identify the Leishmania species in Jaciara dogs; visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in the county of Jaciara. A comparison among the PCR results for the spleen, bone marrow, skin and blood of 101 dogs with VL-reactive serum were evaluated. Spleen tissue showed the highest detection percentage, followed by bone marrow. In 97 (96.04%) dogs, the Leishmania DNA detected was confirmed as L. chagasi, emphasizing the importance of aetiological identifications in sympatric areas with other trypanosomatids.
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