The Rapid Test Based on Leishmania infantum Chimeric rK28 Protein Improves the Diagnosis of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis by Reducing the Detection of False …

DBM Fraga, LV Pacheco, LS Borja… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) has spread to many urban centers worldwide. Dogs are
considered the main reservoir of VL, because canine cases often precede the occurrence of …

The performance of serological tests for Leishmania infantum infection screening in dogs depends on the prevalence of the disease

IL Mendonça, JF Batista, H Schallig… - Revista do Instituto de …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Dogs are considered the main reservoir of Leishmania infantum. This protozoan causes
visceral leishmaniasis (VL), an uncontrolled urban zoonosis in Brazil. Serological tests and …

Risk profile for Leishmania infection in dogs coming from an area of visceral leishmaniasis reemergence

GG de Almeida Leal, M Carneiro… - Preventive veterinary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Until the 1980s, visceral leishmaniasis was concentrated in poor rural areas of Brazil. The
Vale do Rio Doce, located in the Southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, was an …

Reliability of techniques used in the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis by the national control program in Brazil: a survey in an area of recent transmission

VS Belo, EA Gregório, RG Teixeira-Neto… - Preventive veterinary …, 2017 - Elsevier
One of the key components of the Brazilian Program for the Control of Visceral
Leishmaniasis (PCLV) is the euthanasia of Leishmania-infected canine reservoirs, the …

Seroprevalence and spatial distribution of canine leishmaniasis in an endemic region in Brazil: how has the situation changed after 10 years?

TNB Lins, IB Souza, GMMR Barros… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
INTRODUCTION: Herein, we assessed the seroprevalence and spatial distribution of
Leishmania infantum in dogs in Garanhuns, Northeastern Brazil. METHODS: Sera samples …

[HTML][HTML] Canine leishmaniasis in the semi-arid region of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil: epidemiology, factors associated with seropositivity and spatial analysis

AMCF Evaristo, AP Sevá, GMB Oliveira… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence, factors associated with seropositivity to
Leishmania infection in dogs and spatial analysis in six municipalities in the semiarid region …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of rapid tests for canine visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis in Argentina

OD Salomón, AA Pérez, AR Riarte… - MEDICINA (Buenos …, 2020 - SciELO Argentina
To diagnose dogs infected by Leishmania infantum rK39 rapid diagnosis test is widely used
in the Americas, while dual path platform (DPP) was recently adopted by Brazil. In this study …

Variables associated with the prevalence of anti-Leishmania spp. antibodies in dogs on the tri-border of Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil

RCF Dias, V Thomaz-Soccol, AKS Pasquali… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of anti-Leishmania spp. antibodies in
dogs from localities in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná state, Brazil, on the border with …

The efficacy of recombinant protein lbk39 for the diagnosis of leishmaniosis in dogs

JC Pereira, PDS Sousa, LMB De Souza… - Parasitology, 2021 - cambridge.org
Visceral leishmaniosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases on the planet and
dogs are the main reservoir of canine visceral leishmaniosis (CVL) in endemic areas. They …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of canine leishmaniasis and concomitant seropositivity for Babesia canis and rickettsia in a nonendemic area in the central west region of Minas …

MO Gama-Melo, BT Silvestre… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2019 - academia.edu
Among the infections caused by arthropods in dogs are Leishmania infantum, Babesia
canisand rickettsias Ehrlichia canisand Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Studies show, in …