Exposure to Leishmania spp. and sand flies in domestic animals in northwestern Ethiopia

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F15%3A10297177" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/15:10297177 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0976-1" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0976-1</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0976-1" target="_blank" >10.1186/s13071-015-0976-1</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Exposure to Leishmania spp. and sand flies in domestic animals in northwestern Ethiopia

Original language description

Background: Human visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani is considered an anthroponosis; however, Leishmania-infected animals have been increasingly reported in L. donovani foci, and the role of these animals as reservoirs for human L. donovani infection remains unclear. Methods: We conducted a study of domestic animals (goats, sheep, cows, dogs, and donkeys) in three L. donovani foci in northwestern Ethiopia. Domestic animals were screened for Leishmania DNA and for anti-L. donovani IgG.Serum anti-sand fly saliva antibodies were used as a marker of exposure to the vector sand fly, Phlebotomus orientalis. Results: Of 546 animals tested, 32 (5.9 %) were positive for Leishmania DNA, with positive animals identified among all species studied. Sequencing indicated that the animals were infected with parasites of the L. donovani complex but could not distinguish between L. infantum and L. donovani. A total of 18.9 % of the animals were seropositive for anti-L. donovani IgG, a

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA13-05292S" target="_blank" >GA13-05292S: Phlebotomus orientalis: salivary proteins and the host antibody response</a><br>

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Parasites and Vectors

ISSN

1756-3305

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

July 8, 2015

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000357470300003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84935479188