Phlebotomine sandflies and the spreading of leishmaniases and other diseases of public health concern

M Maroli, MD Feliciangeli, L Bichaud… - Medical and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Phlebotomine sandflies transmit pathogens that affect humans and animals worldwide. We
review the roles of phlebotomines in the spreading of leishmaniases, sandfly fever, summer …

Transmission and epidemiology of zoonotic protozoal diseases of companion animals

KJ Esch, CA Petersen - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Over 77 million dogs and 93 million cats share our households in the United States. Multiple
studies have demonstrated the importance of pets in their owners' physical and mental …

Transmission, reservoir hosts and control of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis

RJ Quinnell, O Courtenay - Parasitology, 2009 - cambridge.org
Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) caused by Leishmania infantum is an important
disease of humans and dogs. Here we review aspects of the transmission and control of …

The current status of zoonotic leishmaniases and approaches to disease control

M Gramiccia, L Gradoni - International journal for parasitology, 2005 - Elsevier
Leishmaniases are a complex of world-wide diseases with a range of clinical and
epidemiological features caused by Leishmania spp. of protozoan parasites. Among 15 well …

[HTML][HTML] Visceral leishmaniasis in Iran: review of the epidemiological and clinical features

M Mohebali - Iranian journal of parasitology, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a life-threatening vector-borne parasitic disease is distributed
in some parts of the new world and old world. The disease is endemic in different parts of …

Canine leishmaniosis in the Old and New Worlds: unveiled similarities and differences

F Dantas-Torres, L Solano-Gallego, G Baneth… - Trends in …, 2012 - cell.com
Canine leishmaniosis is a potentially life-threatening disease which is spreading
geographically in the Old and New Worlds, where different diagnostic procedures …

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Leishmania infantum Infection of Dogs from an Urban Area of Brazil as Identified by Molecular Methods

W Coura-Vital, MJ Marques, VM Veloso… - PLoS neglected …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Various factors contribute to the urbanization of the visceral leishmaniasis (VL),
including the difficulties of implementing control measures relating to the domestic reservoir …

Leishmaniosis of companion animals in Europe: an update

MG Pennisi - Veterinary parasitology, 2015 - Elsevier
Leishmaniosis caused by Leishmania infantum is a vector-borne zoonotic disease endemic
in southern Europe, but which is spreading northwards. Millions of dogs, cats and other non …

A Real-Time ITS1-PCR Based Method in the Diagnosis and Species Identification of Leishmania Parasite from Human and Dog Clinical Samples in Turkey

SO Toz, G Culha, FY Zeyrek, H Ertabaklar… - PLoS neglected …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by L. infantum and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL)
caused by L. tropica and L. infantum have been reported in Turkey. L. infantum is also …

[PDF][PDF] Application of direct agglutination test (DAT) for the diagnosis and seroepidemiological studies of visceral leishmaniasis in Iran

M Mohebali, GHH EDRISIAN, A Nadim, H Hajaran… - 2006 - sid.ir
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is one of the most important parasitic diseases which are
endemic in different parts of Iran. Serological studies were conducted by direct agglutination …