ArticleRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo2016
PREVALENCE OF AMERICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS AND LEISHMANIASES IN DOMESTIC DOGS IN A RURAL AREA OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SÃO JOÃO DO PIAUÍ, PIAUÍ STATE, BRAZIL.
Article in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Technological advances in the serological diagnosis of Chagas disease in dogs and cats: a systematic review.Parasites & vectors · 2022Pooled it
- A critical review of American Trypanosomiasis (AT) in dogs with the current distribution of cases in Brazil and a diagnostic approach for veterinary clinicians.Veterinary research communications · 2026Review
- Characterisation of an area of coexistent visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis transmission in the State of Piauí, Brazil.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2024Article
- Factors associated with the expansion of leishmaniasis in urban areas: a systematic and bibliometric review (1959-2021).Journal of public health research · 2022Review
- Insecticidal efficacy of fluralaner (BravectoParasites & vectors · 2021Article
- A review on the occurrence of companion vector-borne diseases in pet animals in Latin America.Parasites & vectors · 2019Review
- Canine visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis: a comparative performance of serological and molecular tests in symptomatic and asymptomatic dogs.Epidemiology and infection · 2018Article
- Entomological survey in the state of Piauí, Northeastern Brazil, reveals intradomiciliary colonization of Triatoma brasiliensis macromelasoma.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2017Article
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Abstract
Chagas disease and the leishmaniases are endemic zoonoses of great importance to public health in the state of Piauí, Brazil. The domestic dog (Canis familiaris) is a major reservoir, host of Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. in both urban and rural areas, playing an important role in the transmission of these parasites. The present study evaluated the prevalence of both infectious diseases in dogs of a rural area in the municipality of São João do Piauí, Piauí State. One hundred twenty-nine blood samples were collected for serological assessment: for the leishmaniases, 49 (38%) animals tested positive by the Dual-Path Platform technology (DPP), nine (6%) by the Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), and 19 (14.7%) by the Indirect Fluorescent Antibody test (IFA); while for American Trypanosomiasis, 36 (28%) dogs were reagent by ELISA and 21 by IFA. Of the 129 dogs sampled, 76 were submitted to xenodiagnosis, bone marrow aspiration and skin biopsy to perform parasitological tests whose results showed only one (2.3%) positive skin sample for Trypanosoma caninum and one positive xenodiagnosis for T. cruzi, both results confirmed by molecular assays. Three hundred triatomines of the species Triatoma brasiliensis and 552 phlebotomines - 509 (97%) of the species Lutzomyia longipalpis, were also captured.
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