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SOROPREVALÊNCIA, ASPECTOS CLÍNICOS E BIOQUÍMICOS DA INFECÇÃO POR Leishmania EM CÃES NATURALMENTE INFECTADOS E FAUNA DE FLEBOTOMÍNEOS EM UMA ÁREA ENDÊMICA NA ILHA DE SÃO LUÍS, MARANHÃO, BRASIL

2008; Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria; Volume: 17; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

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Ana Lúcia Abreu Silva, Thiago B. Lima, Auricélio A. Macêdo, Felipe de Jesus Moraes Júnior, Elaine Leão Dias, Zulmira da Silva Batista, Kátia da Silva Calabrese, Jorge Luíz Pinto Moraes, José Manuel Macário Rebêlo, R. Guerra, Sem afiliação.,

Trypanosoma species research and implications

The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence, clinical and biochemical profile of Leishmania chagasi infection in dogs naturally infected and identify the phlebotominae fauna in an endemic area of Sao Luis Island. In this present study, 62 household mongrel dogs were sampled for antibodies anti-Leishmania. The seroprevalence was 51.61%. In the clinical evaluation, 36.68% dogs were symptomatic, 38.41% were oligosymptomatic and 26.13% were asymptomatic. The most frequent signs were onychogryphosis and lymphadenomegaly. In 29.41% animals were observed anemia. In the biochemical analysis hepatic function showed changes in relation to alaninoaminotransferase (ALT) and aspartato aminotransferase (AST). Urea values were higher than the references ones for canine specie. The following phlebotominae sandflies were identified: Lutzomyia longipalpis (86.9%), L. evandroi (9.6%), L. choti (2.1%), L. umbratilis (0.7%) e L. whitmani (0.7%).