Stray cats in the city of Milan, Italy, were tested for Leishmania infantum and other selected
infections. Twenty-seven cats (30.0%) were seroreactive by indirect fluorescent antibody test …

Background Since 2009, the incidence of human leishmaniosis in the SW of the Madrid
region has been unusually high. Although dogs are the main reservoir for this disease, a …

Background Feline leishmaniosis is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by Leishmania
spp. Leishmania infection in dogs is prevalent in the Mediterranean basin, but in other …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of Leishmania infantum infection within
a feline population by serologic and molecular methods and to identify associated risk …

Leishmaniosis by Leishmania infantum is a major zoonotic Vector-Borne Disease (VBD) in
terms of geographic distribution, pathogenicity and zoonotic potential. While dogs are the …

Though scantly investigated, Leishmania infantum infection and clinical cases of
leishmaniasis in cats have been recently reported in several countries of the Mediterranean …

Leishmania infantum (Li) infection prevalence was investigated in 431 cats from three
provinces of Sicily and two of Calabria. Cats were assessed by physical examination (n …

Infection by Leishmania species is increasing worldwide. It was hypothesized recently that
cats act as a secondary reservoir for Leishmania infection. The aim of the present study was …

Leishmania infections are endemic in dogs in central and southern regions of Italy while
feline leishmaniosis has only been sporadically described in these areas and few studies …

Objectives The aims of this study were to investigate the prevalence of Leishmania species
infection in cats in Northern Italy and to evaluate the associations between infection and …