Conjunctival swab PCR to detect leishmania spp. In cats
| Autor: | De Sousa Oliveira, Trícia Maria Ferreira, vanessa Pereira, Figueredo, Benvenga, Graziella Ulbricht, Martin, Maria Fernanda Alves [UNESP], Benassi, Julia Cristina, Da Silva, Diogo Tiago [UNESP], Starke-Buzetti, Wilma Aparecida |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Scopus Repositório Institucional da UNESP Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) instacron:UNESP |
| ISSN: | 1984-2961 |
| Popis: | Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T16:38:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-01-01. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2019-10-09T18:28:14Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 S1984-29612015000200220.pdf: 623757 bytes, checksum: 7ad985a88f69e600fe31ac0bd3a5a646 (MD5) The relevance of the dog as a source of visceral leishmaniasis infection is known, but the role of cats as reservoir hosts for leishmaniasis is not yet fully clear. This study assessed the efficacy of conjunctival swab PCR (CS-PCR) in the detection of cats infected by Leishmania spp. The results were seven (13.5%) cats positive for Leishmania spp. in the PCR, in 52 cats tested from Pirassunuga-SP and Ilha Solteira-SP. From the city of Pirassununga – SP 28.6% (2/7) were positive and from the city of Ilha Solteira – SP 11.1% (5/45) were positive. The results showed that CS-PCR was capable of detecting cats infected by this protozoan. Conjunctival swab samples proved easier to perform in cats, which might facilitate studies on the frequency and distribution of feline leishmaniasis. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade de São Paulo–USP Universidade de São Paulo–USP Departamento de Biologia e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP Departamento de Biologia e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP |
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