ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2022
Geographic Origin and Vertical Transmission of Leishmania infantum Parasites in Hunting Hounds, United States.
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- Country-Level Canine Leishmaniosis Risk: A Literature Review, 2019-2023.Zoonoses and public health · 2025Review
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- Prevalence of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi and anti-Leishmania infantum antibodies in domestic dogs from Tremedal, Bahia: insights from the Oxente Chagas Bahia Project.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Operational Risk Assessment Tool for Evaluating Leishmania infantum Introduction and Establishment in the United States through Dog ImportationEmerging infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Overview and Approaches for Handling of Animal Models of Leishmaniasis.Comparative medicine · 2024Review
- FDA's proposed rule and its regulatory impact on emerging and reemerging neglected tropical diseases in the United States.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Review
- The changing epidemiology of human leishmaniasis in the non-endemic country of Austria between 2000 to 2021, including a congenital case.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Within-host bayesian joint modeling of longitudinal and time-to-event data of Leishmania infection.PloS one · 2024Article
- Possibility ofCurrent tropical medicine reports · 2022Review
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Abstract
Vertical transmission of leishmaniasis is common but is difficult to study against the background of pervasive vector transmission. We present genomic data from dogs in the United States infected with Leishmania infantum parasites; these infections have persisted in the apparent absence of vector transmission. We demonstrate that these parasites were introduced from the Old World separately and more recently than L. infantum from South America. The parasite population shows unusual genetics consistent with a lack of meiosis: a high level of heterozygous sites shared across all isolates and no decrease in linkage with genomic distance between variants. Our data confirm that this parasite population has been evolving with little or no sexual reproduction. This demonstration of vertical transmission has profound implications for the population genetics of Leishmania parasites. When investigating transmission in complex natural settings, considering vertical transmission alongside vector transmission is vital.
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