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Participação da população na prevenção da leishmaniose visceral: como superar as lacunas?
Participation of the population in the prevention of visceral leishmaniasis: how to overcome the gaps?

Age structure of owned dogs under compulsory culling in a visceral leishmaniasis endemic area

Abstract: The age structure of the dog population is essential for planning and evaluating control programs for zoonotic diseases. We analyzed data of an owned-dog census in order to characterize, for the first time, the structure of a dog population under compulsory culling in a visceral leishmaniasis e...

Antibodies to Leishmania spp. in domestic felines

Abstract Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by protozoa in the genus Leishmania, typical of rural and peri-urban environments. The causative agent of American visceral leishmaniasis is Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi and the main insect vector in Brazil is Lutzomyia longipal...

Serological, parasitological and molecular tests for canine visceral leishmaniosis diagnosis in a longitudinal study

Abstract One of the measures to control visceral leishmaniosis (VL) in Brazil is the identification and culling of the canine reservoir. There is much controversy concerning this strategy, including the proper identification of positive dogs and the fact that the host-parasite relationship changes over t...

Expression of a recombinant protein, A2 family, from Leishmania infantum (Jaboticabal strain) and its evaluation in Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis serological test

This study aimed to express a recombinant A2 family protein of Leishmania chagasi, Jaboticabal strain; test this protein as an antigen in serological assays; and investigate its antigenicity and immunogenicity. A protein coded by an allele of the A2 gene isolated from L. chagasi was expressed in three di...

Efecto de los collares de perro impregnados de insecticida sobre la incidencia de leishmaniasis visceral zoonótica en niños iraníes
Effect of dog collars impregnated with insecticide on the incidence of visceral zoonotic leishmaniasis in Iranian children

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Leishmaniose visceral (calazar). Cinco casos em cäes de Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Visceral Leishmaniose (kala-azar). Five cases in dogs in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, South Brazil

Ciênc. rural; 28 (3), 1998
Leishmaniose visceral foi diagnosticada no exame pós-morte de cinco cäes da regiäo de Santa Maria, RS. Todos os animais mostraram sinais de doença crônica com icterícia, anorexia, vômito, febre intermitente e emaciaçäo. Os achados macroscópios à necropsia foram de gastrenterite hemorrágica, p...