Xenodiagnosis in four domestic cats naturally infected by Leishmania infantum
- Autores: Geovanna Vioti, Mariana Dantas da Silva, Fredy Galvis-Ovallos, Maria Luana Alves, Diogo Tiago da Silva, João Augusto Franco Leonel, Nuno Wolfgang Balbini Pereira, Julia Cristina Benassi, Júlio Cesar Pereira Spada, Carla Maia, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati, Wilma Aparecida Starke-Buzetti, Trícia Maria Ferreira de Sousa Oliveira
- Ano de Publicação: 2021
- Journal: Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
- Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14216
ABSTRACT Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease that continues to pose a serious public health problem. Albeit dogs have long been held as the major reservoirs of Leishmania infantum, the involvement of domestic cats in the zoonotic cycle of visceral leishmaniasis has gained prominence. Here, 240 cats were evaluated by clinical signs and haematological/biochemical changes compatible […]
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