LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Natural Infection by Leishmania infantum in domestic cats (Felis catus) in a municipality of moderate transmission in the Brazilian semi-arid region

Silva, Raizza Barros Sousa; Portela, Roseane de Araújo; Arruda, Luís Fernando Batista; Ferreira, Jefferson da Silva; Souto, Erick Platiní Ferreira; Araújo, Ana Lucélia de; Madeira, Maria de Fátima; Dantas, Antônio Flávio Medeiros; Melo, Marcia Almeida de.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 29 (4), 2020

Abstract The main clinical, anatomopathological, and molecular aspects of the infection by Leishmania infantum are described in two cats with multicentric cutaneous, nodular, and ulcerated lesions. The animals were submitted to a clinical examination, followed by serological, molecular and parasitologica...

Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/sangre, Brasil, Enfermedades de los Gatos/diagnóstico, ADN de Cinetoplasto/genética, Eutanasia Animal, Leishmania infantum/genética, Leishmaniasis Visceral/diagnóstico, Leishmaniasis Visceral/transmisión, Leishmaniasis Visceral/veterinaria, Macrófagos/parasitología, Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa/veterinaria

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Molecular diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Acre State in the Amazonian Region of Brazil

Araujo-Pereira, Thais de; Pita-Pereira, Daniela de; Moreira, Regina Barbosa; Silva-Galdino, Tainah; Duarte, Márcia P. de Oliveira; Brazil, Reginaldo Peçanha; Britto, Constança.

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 51 (3), 2018

Abstract INTRODUCTION This study proposes to identify the Leishmania species found in the skin lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) patients from Brasiléia municipality (Acre). METHODS Skin biopsy imprints or biopsy fragments were assayed via kDNA-PCR/RFLP and FRET-real-time PCR. RESULTS Of ind...

Biopsia, Brasil/epidemiología, ADN de Cinetoplasto/genética, ADN Protozoario/genética, Enfermedades Endémicas, Leishmania braziliensis/genética, Leishmania guyanensis/genética, Leishmaniasis Cutánea/diagnóstico, Leishmaniasis Cutánea/epidemiología, Polimorfismo de Longitud del Fragmento de Restricción, Reacción en Cadena en Tiempo Real de la Polimerasa

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Comparison of LAMP and PCR for molecular mass screening of sand flies for Leishmania martiniquensis infection

Tiwananthagorn, Saruda; Kato, Hirotomo; Yeewa, Ranchana; Muengpan, Amontip; Polseela, Raxsina; Leelayoova, Saovanee.

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 112 (2), 2017

BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania martiniquensis infection has been reported in human and domestic animals of Martinique Island, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Myanmar and Thailand. The peculiar clinical features of disseminated cutaneous and visceral forms co-existence render the urgent need of...

ADN de Cinetoplasto/genética, ADN Protozoario/genética, Leishmania/clasificación, Leishmania/genética, Leishmania/aislamiento & purificación, Tailandia/epidemiología

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