Report of new cases of Trypanosoma caninum in Brazil
| Autor: | Maria de Fátima Madeira, Artur Augusto Velho Mendes Junior, Tatiana da Silva Fonseca de Oliveira, Juliana Helena da Silva Barros, Taliha Dias Perez, Fabiano Borges Figueiredo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Male Trypanosoma lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine lcsh:RC955-962 Biology Polymerase Chain Reaction law.invention Trypanosoma sp Dogs Species Specificity law Trypanosomiasis parasitic diseases medicine RNA Ribosomal 18S Animals São João do Piauí Dog Diseases Trypanosoma caninum Polymerase chain reaction Barra Mansa fungi medicine.disease Virology Infectious Diseases Visceral leishmaniasis Immunology Parasitology Female Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 48, Iss 3, Pp 347-349 (2015) Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Volume: 48, Issue: 3, Pages: 347-349, Published: JUN 2015 |
| ISSN: | 1678-9849 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: Trypanosoma caninum is a protozoan species recently described in dogs, whose occurrence has been reported in areas of overlap with visceral leishmaniasis. METHODS: Trypanosoma sp. were isolated from nine dogs and characterized by molecular methods. RESULTS: PCR and sequencing confirmed the presence of T. caninum in all dogs, revealing two new areas of transmission: Barra Mansa and São João do Piauí. CONCLUSIONS: The nine new cases described, when added to those already published, account for 62 cases of natural infection by T. caninum and show the geographical spread of this species to new areas, where other trypanosomatids circulate. |
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