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Serological and entomological survey of canine leishmaniasis in Lampedusa island, Italy.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:During last decade Lampedusa island (Italy) has been interested by a deep social change caused by the massive arrival of migrants from north Africa. The goal of this study was to evaluate current CanL burden and risk factors for Visceral Leishmaniosis (VL) on Lampedusa, actually based on very few data obtained in a previous study performed fifteen years ago. Two hundred and forty-two dogs were enrolled for the detection of Leishmania infantum infection by serology. In addition, an entomological investigation was performed to confirm the presence of Leishmania-vectors. RESULTS:Seroprevalence was of 54.13%. 223 sand flies specimens were collected. Among them, 4 species were identified: Phlebotomus perniciosus, P. papatasi, P. neglectus, Sergentomia minuta, with P. perniciosus the most abundant (67.7%; p?

SUBMITTER: Foglia Manzillo V

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6148800 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

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Serological and entomological survey of canine leishmaniasis in Lampedusa island, Italy.

Foglia Manzillo Valentina V Gizzarelli Manuela M Vitale Fabrizio F Montagnaro Serena S Torina Alessandra A Sotera Salvo S Oliva Gaetano G

BMC veterinary research 20180919 1

<h4>Background</h4>During last decade Lampedusa island (Italy) has been interested by a deep social change caused by the massive arrival of migrants from north Africa. The goal of this study was to evaluate current CanL burden and risk factors for Visceral Leishmaniosis (VL) on Lampedusa, actually based on very few data obtained in a previous study performed fifteen years ago. Two hundred and forty-two dogs were enrolled for the detection of Leishmania infantum infection by serology. In addition ...[more]

PMID: 30231901

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