Serosurvey of anti-Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum antibodies in hunting dogs and hunters in Brazil

dc.creatorKmetiuk, Louise Bach
dc.creatorCampos, Monique Paiva de
dc.creatorBach, Renato van Wilpe
dc.creatorBrandão, Ana Pérola Drulla
dc.creatorBarros-Filho, Ivan Roque de
dc.creatorLipinski, Leandro Cavalcante
dc.creatorFávero, Giovani Marino
dc.creatorSantos, Andrea Pires dos
dc.creatorFiqueiredo, Fabiano Borges
dc.creatorBiondo, Alexander Welker
dc.date2022-01-20T16:34:34Z
dc.date2022-01-20T16:34:34Z
dc.date2021
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T22:31:00Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T22:31:00Z
dc.identifierKMETIUK, Louise Bach et al. Serosurvey of anti-Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum antibodies in hunting dogs and hunters in Brazil. Veterinary World, p. 2735–2738, 2021.
dc.identifier2231-0916
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/50836
dc.identifier10.14202/vetworld.2021.2735-2738
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8880226
dc.descriptionAlthough wild boar hunting activities and the hunting dog trade in the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes of Brazil overlap both with endemic and with non-endemic areas for visceral leishmaniasis, no study to date has focused on Leishmania spp. exposure among hunting dogs and hunters. The aim of the present study was to assess the presence of Leishmania spp. antibodies in hunting dogs and hunters in different anthropized areas of two Brazilian biomes. Blood samples were collected from 170 hunting dogs and 46 hunters between October 2016 and May 2018. The presence of antibodies against Leishmania spp. in hunting dogs was screened through a dual-path platform immunochromatographic test (DPP rapid test; Bio-Manguinhos/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and in hunters through an rK39-based rapid immunochromatographic test. Both tests were used in accordance with Brazilian Ministry of Health recommendations. Overall, although antibodies were detected through the immunochromatographic test in 3/170 (0.02%) of these female asymptomatic hunting dogs, all living in anthropized areas of the Atlantic Forest biome in South Brazil, no sample was confirmed through the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. All the hunters were non-reactive in the rapid immunochromatographic test. Our study on three suspicious hunting dogs has suggested that Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum may circulate both in endemic and non-endemic areas in Brazil. In addition, a high rate of hunting dog replacement due to death and trade may have led to less chance of infection and transmission between animals and between animals and humans, which would corroborate the outcomes reported here. Further studies should be conducted to fully establish whether hunting dogs and hunters may be used as sentinels in other areas endemic for Leishmania spp.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languagepor
dc.publisherVeterinary World
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectBiomas
dc.subjectBrasil
dc.subjectCães de Caça
dc.subjectEcosystem
dc.subjectLeishmaniasis, Visceral
dc.subjectDog Diseases
dc.subjectHunting Activities
dc.subjectEcosistema
dc.subjectLeishmaniasis Visceral
dc.subjectEnfermedades de los Perros
dc.subjectÉcosystème
dc.subjectLeishmaniose viscérale
dc.subjectMaladies des chiens
dc.subjectEcossistema
dc.subjectLeishmaniose Visceral
dc.subjectDoenças do Cão
dc.subjectLeishmania
dc.titleSerosurvey of anti-Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum antibodies in hunting dogs and hunters in Brazil
dc.typeArticle


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