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Force of infection and evolution of lesions of canine tegumentary leishmaniasis in northwestern Argentina
Fecha
2001-12Registro en:
Marco, Jorge Diego; Padilla, Ángel Marcelo; Diosque, Patricio; Fernández, Marisa Mariel; Malchiodi, Emilio Luis; et al.; Force of infection and evolution of lesions of canine tegumentary leishmaniasis in northwestern Argentina; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; 96; 5; 12-2001; 649-651
0074-0276
1678-8060
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Marco, Jorge Diego
Padilla, Ángel Marcelo
Diosque, Patricio
Fernández, Marisa Mariel
Malchiodi, Emilio Luis
Basombrío, Miguel Ángel Manuel
Resumen
A clinical-serological follow-up was carried out in a canine population in endemic foci of Leishmania braziliensis spread in northwestern Argentina. Each dog was studied in at least two visits, 309±15 days (X±SE) apart. Some initially healthy dogs (n=52) developed seroconversion or lesions. The clinical evolution of the disease in dogs resembles in many aspects the human disease. Similarities include the long duration of most ulcers with occasional healing or appearance of new ones and the late appearance of erosive snout lesions in some animals. Yearly incidence rates of 22.7% for seroconversion and of 13.5% for disease were calculated as indicators of the force of infection by this parasite upon the canine population.