First report of natural infection of a bush dog ( Speothos venaticus) with Leishmania ( Leishmania) chagasi in Brazil

We report here the first known case of natural infection of a bush dog with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi in Brazil. The specimen was captured in the wild in the State of Mato Grosso and is currently being held in captivity at Fundação Jardim Zoológico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The leishmaniasis wa...

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Published in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2008-02, Vol.102 (2), p.200-201
Main Authors: Figueiredo, F.B., Gremião, I.D.F., Pereira, S.A., Fedulo, L.P., Menezes, R.C., Balthazar, D.A., Schubach, T.M.P., Madeira, M.F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Brazil
Bush dog
Canidae - parasitology
Disease transmission
Electrophoresis - methods
Electrophoresis - veterinary
Human protozoal diseases
Infectious diseases
Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi
Leishmania infantum - isolation & purification
Leishmaniasis
Leishmaniasis, Visceral - transmission
Leishmaniasis, Visceral - veterinary
Leshmaniasis
Male
Medical sciences
Parasitic diseases
Protozoal diseases
Zoo animals
Zoonoses - parasitology
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Summary:We report here the first known case of natural infection of a bush dog with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi in Brazil. The specimen was captured in the wild in the State of Mato Grosso and is currently being held in captivity at Fundação Jardim Zoológico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The leishmaniasis was diagnosed by culture of promastigote forms in intact skin fragments and their characterization by isoenzyme electrophoresis. This report calls attention to the parasitological and etiological control of certain zoonoses, such as leishmaniasis, in wild animals kept in captivity, especially when animals are exchanged between zoos in Brazil.
ISSN:0035-9203
1878-3503
DOI:10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.10.001