2001
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.39.2.560-563.2001
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Prevalence of Leishmania infantum Infection in Dogs Living in an Area of Canine Leishmaniasis Endemicity Using PCR on Several Tissues and Serology

Abstract: We studied and compared the prevalence of Leishmania infection and the seroprevalence and the prevalence of canine leishmaniasis in an area where canine leishmaniasis is endemic. One hundred dogs living on the island of Mallorca (Spain) were studied. In this study, we clinically examined each dog for the presence of symptoms compatible with leishmaniasis, determined the titer of anti-Leishmania antibodies, and investigated the presence of Leishmania DNA by PCR in skin, conjunctiva, and bone marrow samples of e… Show more

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“…Moreover, clinical disease, accompanied by seroconversion or PCR detection of Rc DNA has not been described in dogs from endemic regions. For this reason, the According to our results, Li seroprevalence in Mallorca is 29.3%, which is similar to a previous study (26%) [37]. Unsurprisingly, statistically significant differences were found between seroprevalences in clinically healthy (15%) and sick dogs (49.3%) further supporting the importance of Li infection as a cause of clinical disease in dogs in the Mediterranean basin.…”
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“…Moreover, clinical disease, accompanied by seroconversion or PCR detection of Rc DNA has not been described in dogs from endemic regions. For this reason, the According to our results, Li seroprevalence in Mallorca is 29.3%, which is similar to a previous study (26%) [37]. Unsurprisingly, statistically significant differences were found between seroprevalences in clinically healthy (15%) and sick dogs (49.3%) further supporting the importance of Li infection as a cause of clinical disease in dogs in the Mediterranean basin.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…Unsurprisingly, statistically significant differences were found between seroprevalences in clinically healthy (15%) and sick dogs (49.3%) further supporting the importance of Li infection as a cause of clinical disease in dogs in the Mediterranean basin. It is well known that the detection of Li antibodies correlates with clinical disease in dogs with leishmaniasis [30,37]. Furthermore, higher seroprevalences were found in dogs from Tarragona (51.7%) and Barcelona (65%) perhaps due to the fact that there were higher proportions of sick dogs compared to Mallorca in the samples obtained in these cities.…”
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confidence: 92%
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“…For example in areas endemic for canine leishmaniosis (Leishmania infantum) in the Mediterranean basin studies using PCR have confirmed that the prevalence of infection in dogs is much higher than the proportion that actually develops symptomatic disease or even specific antibodies [55,56]. By instance in 73 clinically healthy hunting dogs in Greece, 12.3% tested positive by using serology, whereas 63% tested positive by PCR [57].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Asymptomatic dogs composed of more than fifty percent of the infected animals that were capable to transmission of disease by vector (Solano-Gallego et al 2001;Sousa et al 2011). Based on previous studies in endemic areas of CVL in Iran, 13-24 % of infected dogs had clinical manifestations thus, almost 75 % of infected dogs were asymptomatic (Mohebali et al 2005;Mohebali et al 2011).…”
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confidence: 99%