First occurrence of an autochthonous canine case of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi in the municipality of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil
| Autor: | Maria Cecília Gibrail de Oliveira Camargo, Sandra Regina Nicoletti D'Auria, Thais Roberto, Elisa San Martin Mouriz Savani, Debora Regina Veiga Sacramento, Douglas Presotto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
Epidemiology lcsh:RC955-962 Pcr cloning Biology Polymerase Chain Reaction law.invention Dogs law parasitic diseases medicine Animals Dog Diseases Polymerase chain reaction Visceral leishmaniasis Leishmaniasis General Medicine DNA Protozoan medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Leishmania Virology São Paulo PCR Infectious Diseases Canis Leishmaniasis Visceral Female Brazil Leishmania infantum chagasi |
| Zdroj: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 53, Iss 4, Pp 227-229 (2011) |
| ISSN: | 0036-4665 |
| Popis: | An autochthonous case of visceral leishmaniasis is reported in a dog (Canis familiaris) as an apparently natural infection in a non-endemic area. DNA obtained from spleen and liver samples produced the expected fragment in a Leishmania-specific rDNA-based nested-PCR assay. The PCR product, a 490 bp fragment, was sequenced and the nucleotide sequence was identical to that of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi. These results are surprising since no autochthonous human or canine cases of visceral leishmaniasis have ever been reported in this municipality. This case suggests that natural transmission of this disease is occurring in this area. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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