Visceral leishmaniasis in Teresina, state of Piauí, Brazil: preliminary observations on the detection and transmissibility of canine and sandfly infections

Visceral leishmaniasis in Teresina, state of Piauí, Brazil: preliminary observations on the detection and transmissibility of canine and sandfly infections

A Leishmania donovani-complex specific DNA probe was usedto confirm the widespread dissemination of amastigotes in apparently normal skinof dogs with canine visceral leishmaniasis. When Lutzomyia longipalpis were fed on abnormal skin of five naturally infected dogs 57 of 163 (35 per cent) fliesbecam...

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Main Authors:	J. A. Vexenat, J. A. Fonseca de Castro, R. Cavalcante, J. P. Tavares, M. R. B. da Silva, W. H. Batista, J. H. Furtado Campos, M. K. Howard, I. Frame, R. McNerney, S. Wilson, M. A. Miles
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1994-06-01
Series:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:	canine visceral leishmaniasis Lutzomyia longopalpis xenodiagnosis experimental transmission DNA probe chemiluminescense
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761994000200001

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