Autochthonous canine leishmaniasis in Romania: neglected or (re)emerging?

Canine leishmaniasis is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania infantum. In Romania between 1955 and 2013, no cases of human autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis were reported. Data regarding canine leishmaniasis is similarly scarce. Since the first report of cli...

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Published in:Parasites & vectors 2014-03, Vol.7 (1), p.135-135, Article 135
Main Authors: Mircean, Viorica, Dumitrache, Mirabela Oana, Mircean, Mircea, Bolfa, Pompei, Györke, Adriana, Mihalca, Andrei Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Baldness
Biopsy
Canine leishmaniasis
Colleges & universities
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - veterinary
Dog
Dog Diseases - epidemiology
Dog Diseases - parasitology
Dog Diseases - pathology
Dogs
Female
humans
Infection
Leishmania infantum
Letter to the Editor
Lymphocytes
monitoring
Neglected Diseases - epidemiology
Neglected Diseases - veterinary
parasites
Parasitic diseases
Romania
Romania - epidemiology
Skin
Tropical diseases
Veterinary medicine
visceral leishmaniasis
Zoonoses
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Summary:Canine leishmaniasis is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania infantum. In Romania between 1955 and 2013, no cases of human autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis were reported. Data regarding canine leishmaniasis is similarly scarce. Since the first report of clinical autochthonous canine leishmaniasis in 1935, there were only three sporadic reports of positive dogs all without any clinical signs. Our study reports the first clinical case of autochthonous canine leishmaniasis in the last 80 years, stressing the importance of a targeted surveillance of Leishmania infection, as infected dogs act as the primary reservoir for zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis.
ISSN:1756-3305
1756-3305
DOI:10.1186/1756-3305-7-135