Autochthonous Outbreak and Expansion of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis, Uruguay

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Satragno, Dinora ; Faral-Tello, Paula ; Canneva, Bruno ; Verger, Lorenzo ; Lozano, Alejandra ; Vitale, Edgardo ; Greif, Gonzalo ; Soto, Carlos ; Robello, Carlos ; Basmadjián, Yester
• Description:
  We report an outbreak of canine visceral leishmaniasis in Uruguay. Blood specimens from 11/45 dogs tested positive for Leishmania spp. Specimens of Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies were captured; typing revealed Leishmania infantum. Our findings document an expansion of visceral leishmaniasis to southern South America and risk for vectorborne transmission to humans.
• Subjects:
  Animals Disease Outbreaks Dog Diseases Dogs Leishmania Leishmaniasis, Visceral Phylogeny Psychodidae
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(3):536-538.
• Pubmed ID:
  28221113
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5382754
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Uruguay
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:faa599238c7d794dc501f9761e33b7c36bd29cc73407dd98031e8ea58cf0eb76
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/44920/cdc_44920_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 519.40 KB ]