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- Title
SOROPREVALÊNCIA E VARIÁVEIS EPIDEMIOLÓGICAS ASSOCIADAS À LEISHMANIOSE VISCERAL CANINA EM ÁREA ENDÊMICA NO MUNICÍPIO DE SÃO LUÍS, MARANHÃO, BRASIL.
- Authors
Barbosa, David Soeiro; Alessandra Lima Rocha; Santana, Andressa Almeida; da Silva Freitas de Souza, Celeste; Dias, Ricardo Augusto; Costa-Júnior, Lívio Martins; Abreu-Silva, Ana Lúcia
- Abstract
This work aimed to determine the seroprevalence and epidemiological variables associated to Leishmania spp. infection in dogs from five locations of Tirirical District, in São Luís, Maranhão State, Brazil. Seventy-two houses were visited and samples of one hundred dogs were taken. A questionnaire was applied in order to investigate the possible factors related to the Leishmania infection. The following variables were used: forest proximity from the residence, livestock of domestic animals or shelter of wild animals, sex, age and breed. Clinical examination was also performed looking for clinical signs compatible to the infection. The serological analysis revealed that 67 samples were reactive. The clinical signs observed were focal lymphadenophaty, alopecia, weight loss, cutaneous ulcers, skin desquamation, keratoconjuntivitis and onycogrifosis. Animals from Cruzeiro de Santa Bárbara and Cajupari, both locations near the forest, have 3.4 and 12.0 more chances of being reactive to Leishmania spp. than the ones in the other studied locations. No statistical relation was found between seropositive dogs and any other variables.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; SEROPREVALENCE; VETERINARY epidemiology; VISCERAL leishmaniasis; DOG diseases; SERODIAGNOSIS; ANIMAL habitations
- Publication
Ciência Animal Brasileira, 2010, Vol 11, Issue 3, p653
- ISSN
1518-2797
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5216/cab.v11i3.5933