ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2024
Dogs as Reservoirs for Leishmania donovani, Bihar, India, 2018-2022.
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- Visceral leishmaniasis elimination in Ethiopia: insights into epidemiology, transmission, treatment access, and outcome - a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Pooled it
- A single-cell transcriptomic atlas of peripheral blood immune cells spanning progressive canine leishmaniosis.iScience · 2026Article
- Insights into animal reservoir hosts for the circulation ofOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Article
- High Seropositivity to rK39 and Capture of Leishmania-Infected Sand Flies in Bihar and Jharkhand Emphasize the Need for Post-Elimination Surveillance of Visceral Leishmaniasis in India.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Adapting lessons from the Indian subcontinent to accelerate elimination of visceral leishmaniasis as a public health problem in East Africa.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Elimination of visceral leishmaniasis as a public health problem in Bangladesh: Lessons learned and questions remaining.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Review
- A single-cell transcriptomic atlas of peripheral blood immune cells spanning progressive canine leishmaniosis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Leishmaniasis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025Review
- Challenges in sustaining the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis in India.International health · 2025Article
- The story of elimination of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) in India-Challenges towards sustainment.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Review
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Abstract
Visceral leishmaniasis derived from Leishmania donovani is transmitted by sand flies (Phlebotomus argentipes) throughout the Indian subcontinent. Although considered anthroponotic, L. donovani infects other mammals susceptible to sand fly bites, including dogs. Aggressive strategies to reduce sand fly populations in India have led to flies seeking nonhuman hosts, so understanding the role of dogs in L. donovani transmission has become critical. Our study investigated L. donovani infection in dogs and the potential for such infections to be transmitted back to sand flies. We performed xenodiagnosis by using P. argentipes on dogs (n = 73) with quantitative PCR-detectible parasitemia in both endemic and outbreak villages. We found that 12% (9/73) of dogs were infectious to sand flies during winter and rainy seasons. Patients with visceral leishmaniasis remain primary sources of L. donovani transmission, but our findings suggest a possible link between canine infection and human exposure.
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