First molecular detection of Leishmania tarentolae-like DNA in Sergentomyia minuta in Spain

Authors: Afonso MO, Blanco-Ciudad J, Bravo-Barriga D, Campino L, Frontera E, Maia C, Parreira R, Pérez-Martín JE, Reina D, Serrano-Aguilera FJ
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Parasitology Research
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-015-4887-z

Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) are vectors of multiple Leishmania species, among which Leishmania infantum stands out as a being frequently pathogenic to humans and dogs in Mediterranean countries. In this study, Sergentomyia minuta sand flies were collected using CDC miniature light traps in different 431 biotopes from Southwest Spain. A total of 114 females were tested for the presence of Leishmania DNA […]
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Seroprevalence of circulating Angiostrongylus vasorum antigen and parasite-specific antibodies in dogs from Portugal

Angiostrongylus vasorum is a nematode that lives in the pulmonary arteries and right cardiac ventricle of domestic dogs and wild canids. It is increasingly being reported in several European countries and North America. This parasite induces inflammatory verminous pneumonia, causing severe respiratory disease in dogs. In some instances, coagulopathies, neurological signs and even death may occur. Scant […]
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First molecular detection of Leishmania tarentolae-like DNA in Sergentomyia minuta in Spain

Seroprevalence of circulating Angiostrongylus vasorum antigen and parasite-specific antibodies in dogs from Portugal

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