… Leishmania infantum infection in wildlife is increasingly reported in … in Italy so far. This study
aimed to investigate the circulation of L. infantum among sylvatic hosts in Sicily (southern Italy…

… Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania infantum is … Leishmania tarentolae was
detected in human blood donors and in sheltered dogs. The circulation of L. infantum and L. …

… % in southern Italy and islands, 29.6% in central Italy and 21.6% in northern … infantum
exposure and D. immitis infection in the samples available from northern, central and southern Italy …

… moving to the area under investigation, lived in other Italian or foreign regions, including
those at higher risk for Leishmania infection (central-southern Italy/islands); in 22 out of 218 (…

… After infection with Leishmania infantum cutaneous or visceral leishmaniasis … Italy and from
the Pelagie islands (southern Italy) were found to be exposed to or infected with Leishmania …

… the circulation of different Leishmania infantum genotypes in the … were similar to VL isolates
from other Italian regions, whereas a third … evolution of leishmaniasis in northeastern Italy. …

… It is also the cause of canine leishmaniasis (CanL) in dogs, which … infantum is endemic in
Italy, as it is throughout the entire … the Tyrrhenian littoral, the southern peninsular regions, and …

… and Southern regions [3]. Conversely, the sand fly, P. perfiliewi, more abundant in … Italy
[4], is considered a less relevant vector of L. infantum in restricted foci of leishmaniasis […

… in southern Italy, in an area where visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum is
… the total number of phlebotomine species found in Italy. P. perfiliewi was the most abundant …

… A leishmanin skin test survey in the human population of l'Alicanti region (Spain):
implications for the epidemiology of Leishmania infantum infection in southern Europe …