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Cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis co-infection in dogs from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: evaluation by specific PCR and RFLP-PCR assays
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PIRES, Marize Quinhones et al. Cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis co-infection in dogs from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: evaluation by specific PCR and RFLP-PCR assays. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, v. 47, n. 2, p. 243-246, 2014.
0037-8682
10.1590/0037-8682-0007-2013
1678-9849
Autor
Pires, Marize Quinhones
Madeira, Maria de Fátima
Bittencourt, Vânia Rita Elias Pinheiro
Pacheco, Raquel da Silva
Resumen
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Fundação Carlos Chagas de Apoio a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
(FAPERJ) and Instituto Kinder do Brasil (IKB). FAPERJ, CNPq, IKB Introduction: During a diagnostic evaluation of canine visceral leishmaniasis (VL), two of seventeen dogs were found to
be co-infected by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi. Methods: Specifi c polymerase
chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism-PCR (RFLP-PCR) assays were performed. Results: PCR
assays for Leishmania subgenus identifi cation followed by RFLP-PCR analysis in biopsies from cutaneous lesions and the
spleen confi rmed the presence of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi in those fragments.
Conclusions: This report reinforces the importance of using serological and molecular techniques in the epidemiological
surveillance of canine populations in endemic areas in which both diseases are known to co-exist. In such cases, a reassessment
of the control measures is required.