First occurrence of an autochthonous canine case of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi in the municipality of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil

First occurrence of an autochthonous canine case of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi in the municipality of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil

An autochthonous case of visceral leishmaniasis is reported in a dog (Canis familiaris) as an apparently natural infection in a non-endemic area. DNA obtained from spleen and liver samples produced the expected fragment in a Leishmania-specific rDNA-based nested-PCR assay. The PCR product, a 490 bp...

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Main Authors: Elisa San Martin Mouriz Savani, Douglas Presotto, Thais Roberto, Maria Cecília Gibrail de Oliveira Camargo, Sandra Regina Nicoletti D'auria, Débora Veiga Sacramento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2011-08-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Visceral leishmaniasis
PCR
Epidemiology
Dogs
São Paulo
Brazil
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