Global Distribution of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis and the Role of the Dog in the Epidemiology of the Disease

DF Vilas-Boas, EKN Nakasone, AAM Gonçalves… - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
Visceral leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoa of the species Leishmania
(Leishmania) infantum (syn= Leishmania chagasi) and Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani …

Detection of DNA of Leishmania infantum in the brains of dogs without neurological signs in an endemic region for leishmaniasis in the state of Rio Grande do Sul …

G da Rosa, AS Ries, JF Cargnelutti, EK Masuda… - Parasitology …, 2024 - Springer
Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan
Leishmania infantum. Neurological infection occurs due to the parasite's ability to cross the …

[HTML][HTML] Immunochromatographic tests for human and canine leishmaniosis diagnosis: a critical review and future prospects

YCM Guzman, M Hospinal-Santiani… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - biori.periodikos.com.br
Leishmaniosis has two main clinical forms: cutaneous and visceral leishmaniosis, which can
leave serious sequelae and even cause death if not properly diagnosed and treated …

Epidemiology and clinical management of canine Leishmaniasis in northeastern Algeria: A preliminary study

H Kerkoub, K Saidani, S Righi, S Djemai… - … and Infectious Diseases, 2025 - Elsevier
Canine leishmaniasis (CanL) caused by Leishmania infantum is a prevalent vector-borne
disease in the Mediterranean region, notably Algeria. This research aims to assess the …

[HTML][HTML] Standardization and Evaluation of the LAMP Technique for the Diagnosis of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Conjunctival Swab Samples Using DNA …

ICS Santos, DM Avelar, LFC Miranda… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) presents a challenge due to a variety
of non-specific clinical signs. The available tests have low sensitivity. This study aimed to …

Detecting Leishmania in dogs: A hierarchical-modeling approach to investigate the performance of parasitological and qPCR-based diagnostic procedures

T Vital, AIP Teixeira, DM Silva… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Domestic dogs are primary reservoir hosts of Leishmania infantum, the agent of
visceral leishmaniasis. Detecting dog infections is central to epidemiological inference …

[PDF][PDF] Visceral Leishmaniasis in Stray Dogs From Kermanshah Area, Iran: Seroprevalence and Association With Clinical and Hematological Alterations

A Heydari, H Shokrani, A Rocky - Iranian Journal of Veterinary …, 2024 - journals.ut.ac.ir
Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is responsible for mortality, especially among
children in developing countries. Stray dogs are reservoir of VL infection. Infected dogs that …

Avaliação da técnica “Loop-mediated isothermal amplification”(LAMP) para diagnóstico da leishmaniose visceral em cães provenientes de área endêmica do Rio de …

ICS Santos - 2023 - arca.fiocruz.br
O diagnóstico de leishmaniose visceral canina (LVC) tem sido um problema para os
serviços públicos de saúde, devido à variedade de sinais clínicos inespecíficos, e baixa …

Entwicklung einer verbesserten Serodiagnostik und Untersuchung der Eignung eines Proteasom-Inhibitors zur Behandlung der Viszeralen Leishmaniose

R Mahdavi - 2022 - archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de
Die zuverlässige VL Diagnose ist für eine wirksame Krankheitsbekämpfung unerlässlich.
Die derzeitigen Diagnosemethoden haben jedoch ihre Grenzen, da sie nicht ausreichend …

Validation of an immunochromatographic assay kit based on colored latex particles for the identification of the canine visceral leishmaniasis

VS Garcia, SA Guerrero, A Burna, A Demonte… - Research in Veterinary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Visceral leishmaniasis is a zoonotic infectious disease with a severe impact on humans and
animals. Infection is transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies. The dogs are main reservoir for …