Canine leishmaniasis: an overview of the current status and strategies for control

RR Ribeiro, MSM Michalick, ME da Silva… - BioMed research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Canine leishmaniasis (CanL) is a vector‐borne disease caused by Leishmania infantum
and is transmitted by female phlebotomine sand flies primarily between animals and …

Control of visceral leishmaniasis in Latin America—a systematic review

GAS Romero, M Boelaert - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background While three countries in South Asia decided to eliminate anthroponotic visceral
leishmaniasis (VL) by 2015, its control in other regions seems fraught with difficulties. Is …

First report of venereal and vertical transmission of canine leishmaniosis from naturally infected dogs in Germany

TJ Naucke, S Lorentz - Parasites & vectors, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background Canine leishmaniosis (CanL) is a zoonotic disease caused by
Leishmania (L.) infantum. It is endemic to several tropical and subtropical countries but also …

Immunologic Indicators of Clinical Progression during Canine Leishmania infantum Infection

PM Boggiatto, AE Ramer-Tait, K Metz… - Clinical and Vaccine …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
In both dogs and humans Leishmania infantum infection is more prevalent than disease, as
infection often does not equate with clinical disease. Previous studies additively indicate that …

First report of vertical transmission of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum in a naturally infected bitch from Brazil

SM da Silva, VM Ribeiro, RR Ribeiro, WL Tafuri… - Veterinary …, 2009 - Elsevier
Dogs are the most important reservoir of Leishmania (L.) infantum, the causal agent of
visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil. Vectorial infection is the main route of transmission of …

Future challenges for parasitology: vector control and 'One health'in Europe: the veterinary medicinal view on CVBDs such as tick borreliosis, rickettsiosis and canine …

N Mencke - Veterinary parasitology, 2013 - Elsevier
The medical as well as the veterinary importance of parasitic arthropods or ectoparasites in
general terms, is characterized by the primary or secondary impact on the health of humans …

Sexual and vertical transmission of visceral leishmaniasis

AP Turchetti, TD Souza, TA Paixão, RL Santos - The Journal of Infection in …, 2014 - jidc.org
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important zoonosis caused by Leishmania infantum, which
has in the domestic dog its principal vertebrate host. VL is usually transmitted by …

[HTML][HTML] Tissue distribution of Leishmania chagasi and lesions in transplacentally infected fetuses from symptomatic and asymptomatic naturally infected bitches

KK Pangrazio, EA Costa, SP Amarilla, AG Cino… - Veterinary …, 2009 - Elsevier
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is primarily transmitted by an invertebrate vector, but
transmission in the absence of the vector has been reported. Vertical transmission of VL has …

Pathophysiology of Leishmania infection during pregnancy

BA Berger, AH Bartlett, NG Saravia, NG Sevilla - Trends in parasitology, 2017 - cell.com
The pathological processes resulting from parasitic infection are known to have important
impacts on the mother child dyad during pregnancy. The roles of parasite transmission and …

Vertical transmission of Anaplasma platys and Leishmania infantum in dogs during the first half of gestation

MS Latrofa, F Dantas-Torres, D de Caprariis… - Parasites & vectors, 2016 - Springer
Background Leishmania infantum is a canine zoonotic vector-borne protozoan pathogen
transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies, whereas Anaplasma platys is a bacterium most …