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Canine leishmaniasis control in the context of one health
Dantas-Torres, Filipe; Miró, Guadalupe; Baneth, Gad; Bourdeau, Patrick; Breitschwerdt, Edward; Capelli, Gioia; Cardoso, Luís; Day, Michael J.Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-30T21:05:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-01-01; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior; Dogs are the main reservoir of Leishmania infantum and in some countries have been regularly culled as part of government policy to control visceral leishmaniasis. At the 13th Sympo...
Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) in ectoparasites and reptiles in southern Italy
Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan, Jairo; Colella, Vito; Lia, Riccardo Paolo; Viet Linh Nguyen; Moraes Barros-Battesti, Darci [UNESP]; Iatta, RobertaMade available in DSpace on 2019-10-04T12:34:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-01-15; Global-Doc program (University of Bari); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); BackgroundBorrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) is a complex containing pathogenic bacteria of which some species, such as Borrelia lusitaniae, use birds, small mammals and reptiles as reservoirs. ...
Ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of Brazil: Updated species checklist and t...
Dantas-Torres, Filipe; Martins, Thiago Fernandes; Murioz-Leal, Sebastian; Onofrio, Valeria Castilho; Barros-Battesti, Darci Moraes [UNESP]Made available in DSpace on 2019-10-04T12:42:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-10-01; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Ticks are ectoparasites of great medical and veterinary significance in the neotropical region. In Brazil, they are responsible for enormous economic losses to the livesto...
Zoonotic Onchocerca lupi Infection in Dogs, Greece and Portugal, 2011–2012
Otranto, Domenico; Dantas-Torres, Filipe; Giannelli, Alessio; Latrofa, Maria Stefania; Papadopoulos, Elias; Cardoso, Luís; Cortes, HelderOnchocercosis by Onchocerca lupi is an emerging zoonosis, but only case reports are available in dog populations. Of 107 animals sampled in Greece and Portugal, 9 (8.4%) scored positive. Molecular analysis confirmed the morphological identification and showed that those from Portugal differed at larger extent from all others available.
MOLECULAR DETECTION OF Leishmania IN PHLEBOTOMINE SAND FLIES IN A CUTANEOUS AND...
Guimarães, Vanessa Cristina Fitipaldi Veloso; Costa, Pietra Lemos; Silva, Fernando José da; Melo, Fábio Lopes de; Dantas-Torres, FilipeSeveral phlebotomine sand fly species have been regarded as putative or proven vectors of parasites of the genus Leishmania in Brazil, but data for the northeastern region remains incipient. In this study, a total of 600 phlebotomine sand flies were grouped in pools of 10 specimens each and tested by a Leishmania genus-specific PCR and by a PCR targeting Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum. Fourteen out of 60 pool...
Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: revisiting paradigms of epidemiology and control
Dantas-Torres, Filipe; Brandão-Filho, Sinval PintoIn the last 20 years, despite the known underestimation of cases, Brazil registered a marked increase in the incidence of visceral leishmaniasis. The main goal of this review is to reflect on some aspects of this zoonosis in Brazil and also to encourage the discussion in order to find more viable, effective and affordable strategies to be implemented by the Brazilian Leishmaniasis Control Program. The current s...
Presença de formas amastigotas de Leishmania em fluido peritoneal de cão com le...
Dantas-Torres, FilipeThe goal of this short communication is to report the uncommon presence of intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania in peritoneal fluid of a dog with leishmaniasis from Alagoas State, Brazil. Physical examination of an adult male rottweiler suspected to be suffering of leishmaniasis revealed severe loss of weight, ascitis, splenomegaly, moderately enlarged lymph nodes, onychogryphosis, generalized alopecia, skin...