Molecular characterization of Leishmania infantum in domestic cats in a region of Brazil endemic for human and canine visceral leishmaniasis

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• 作者：Isabel Parizotto Metzdorf^a ; ^{bel.parizotto@hotmail.com} ; Manoel Sebastiã ; o da Costa Lima Junior^b ; ^{manoel.lima@cpqam.fiocruz.br} ; Maria de Fatima Cepa Matos^c ; ^{fatima.matos@ufms.br} ; Antonio Francisco de Souza Filho^a ; ^{antoniosouzafilho@gmail.com} ; Rosianne A. de Souza Tsujisaki^c ; ^{rosi_tsujisaki@hotmail.com} ; Karina Garcia Franco^c ; ^{karinafranco.95@hotmail.com} ; Julie Teresa Shapiro^d ; ^e ; ^{julie.teresa.shapiro@gmail.com} ; Fernando de Almeida Borges^a ; ^{fernando.borges@ufms.br}
• 关键词：Protozoa ; Zoonosis ; Reservoir host ; Feline leishmaniasis ; PCR
• 刊名：Acta Tropica
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：166
• 期：Complete
• 页码：121-125
• 全文大小：631 K
• 卷排序：166

文摘

6/100 domestic cats tested positive for Leishmania infantum in Campo Grande, Brazil. First molecular characterization of L. infantum in cats in Campo Grande. Clinical findings in cats naturally infected by L. infantum are nonspecific. Emphasizes potential role of cats in visceral leishmaniasis epidemiology.