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First report of natural infection of a bush dog (Speothos venaticus) with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi in Brazil

2007; Oxford University Press; Volume: 102; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.10.001

1878-3503

Fabiano Borges Figueiredo, Isabella Dib Ferreira Gremião, Sandro Antônio Pereira, L.P. Fedulo, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, D.A. Balthazar, T. M. P. Schubach, M.F. Madeira,

Viral Infections and Vectors

We report here the first known case of natural infection of a bush dog with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi in Brazil. The specimen was captured in the wild in the State of Mato Grosso and is currently being held in captivity at Fundação Jardim Zoológico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The leishmaniasis was diagnosed by culture of promastigote forms in intact skin fragments and their characterization by isoenzyme electrophoresis. This report calls attention to the parasitological and etiological control of certain zoonoses, such as leishmaniasis, in wild animals kept in captivity, especially when animals are exchanged between zoos in Brazil.