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ReviewTropical animal health and production2024

Alternative hosts of Leishmania infantum: a neglected parasite in Europe.

Ioannis Tsakmakidis, Menelaos Lefkaditis, Konstantinos Zaralis, Georgios Arsenos

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Review in Tropical animal health and production, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Molecular and Serological Detection ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  10. Emergence of autochthonousFrontiers in veterinary science · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ioannis TsakmakidisSchool of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agriculture, University of Western Macedonia, end of Kontopoulou str, Florina, 53100, Greece.
Menelaos LefkaditisFaculty of Veterinary Science, University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece.
Konstantinos ZaralisSchool of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agriculture, University of Western Macedonia, end of Kontopoulou str, Florina, 53100, Greece. kzaralis@uowm.gr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1959-3689
Georgios ArsenosFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
University of Western Macedonia · GRAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRUniversity of Thessaly · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multi-host pathogens that infect various animal species and humans are considered of great importance for public and animal health. Leishmania spp. parasites are a characteristic example of such pathogens. Although leishmaniosis in humans is endemic for about 100 countries around the world it is classified as a neglected tropical disease. There are three main forms of leishmaniosis in humans: cutaneous (CL), visceral (VL) and mucocutaneous leishmaniosis (MCL). Each year, about 30,000 new cases of VL and more than 1 million new cases of CL are recorded. In Europe L. infantum is the dominant species with dogs being reservoir hosts. Apart from dogs, infection has been recorded in various animals, which suggests that other species could play a role in the maintenance of the parasite in nature. Herein we provide an in-depth review of the literature with respect to studies that deal with Leishmania infantum infections in domestic and wild animal species in Europe. Given the fact that domesticated and wild animals could contribute to the incidences of leishmaniosis in humans, the aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review which could potentially be used for the development of measures when it comes to the control of the Leishmania infantum parasite.

Indexed as

Leishmania infantumParasitesAnimalsAnimals, WildDogsEuropeHumansDomestic animalsEuropeLeishmania InfantumLeishmaniosisTropicsWild animals

Identifiers

PMID38630347
PMCPMC11189345
OpenAlexW4394874120

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