Leishmania chagasi in dogs from the city of Jaciara, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Authors :: Patrícia Lazari
Arleana do Bom Parto Ferreira de Almeida
Valéria Dutra
Luciano Nakazato
Álvaro Felipe de Lima Ruy Dias
Veruska Nogueira de Brito
Cenita Maria Oliveira
Valéria Régia Franco Sousa
Source :: Ciência Rural, Iss 0, Pp 0-0 (2015)
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2015.
Abstract: ABSTRACT:The aim of this study was to identify the Leishmania species in Jaciara dogs; visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in the county of Jaciara. A comparison among the PCR results for the spleen, bone marrow, skin and blood of 101 dogs with VL-reactive serum were evaluated. Spleen tissue showed the highest detection percentage, followed by bone marrow. In 97 (96.04%) dogs, the Leishmania DNA detected was confirmed as L. chagasi, emphasizing the importance of aetiological identifications in sympatric areas with other trypanosomatids.