Domestic feline cutaneous leishmaniasis in the municipality of Ribas do Rio Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil: a case report

Autor: AI Souza, VLB Nunes, VM Borralho, EAY Ishikawa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp 359-365 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-9199
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-91992009000200017
Popis: Cutaneous leishmaniases are anthropozoonoses that involve many species of Leishmania and a wide variety of wild mammalian hosts, thus presenting high importance to public health. This study reports the second case of feline leishmaniasis in Mato Grosso do Sul state, in which Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis was found in a domestic cat from Ribas do Rio Pardo. Clinical signs were similar to those observed in other diseases commonly diagnosed in cats, such as cryptococcosis and sporotrichosis. Cutaneous leishmaniasis should, therefore, be added to differential diagnoses by feline veterinary practitioners, and also adequate investigations should be carried out to verify the relevance of domestic cats as L. amazonensis reservoirs.
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