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Leishmania chagasi in dogs from the city of Jaciara, Mato Grosso, Brazil

2015; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA; Volume: 46; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0103-8478cr20150126

ISSN

1678-4596

Autores

Patrícia Lazari, Arleana do Bom Parto Ferreira de Almeida, Valéria Dutra, Luciano Nakazato, Álvaro Felipe de Lima Ruy Dias, Veruska Nogueira de Brito, Cenita Maria Oliveira, Valéria Régia Franco Sousa,

Tópico(s)

Trypanosoma species research and implications

Resumo

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to identify the Leishmania species in Jaciara dogs; visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in the county of Jaciara. A comparison among the PCR results for the spleen, bone marrow, skin and blood of 101 dogs with VL-reactive serum were evaluated. Spleen tissue showed the highest detection percentage, followed by bone marrow. In 97 (96.04%) dogs, the Leishmania DNA detected was confirmed as L. chagasi, emphasizing the importance of aetiological identifications in sympatric areas with other trypanosomatids.

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