Issue |
Parasite
Volume 12, Number 2, June 2005
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Page(s) | 183 - 186 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2005122183 | |
Published online | 15 June 2005 |
Note de recherche
Equine infection with Leishmania in Portugal
Infection à Leishmania chez un cheval au Portugal
Unidade de Leishmanioses, Centro Malária Doenças Tropicais, Instituto Higiene Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova Lisboa, R. da Junqueira, 96, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal
* Correspondance: L. Campino. Tel.: +351 21 3652600 – Fax: +351 21 3632105. E-mail: campino@ihmt.unl.pt
Received:
15
July
2004
Accepted:
7
February
2005
The present report describes the first case of equine leishmaniasis in Portugal. Leishmania infection was detected in one animal, which presented an ulcerated skin lesion. Diagnosis was based on serology by CIE, and parasite DNA detection by real-time PCR using a probe specific for L. infantum. This finding requests further leishmaniasis equine surveys in order to clarify the role of the horse as reservoir host in european endemic areas.
Résumé
Les auteurs rapportent ici la première observation de leishmaniose équine au Portugal. L’infection a été diagnostiquée chez un animal présentant une lésion cutanée. Des anticorps antileishmaniens ont été mis en évidence par la technique de contre-immunoélectrophorèse, et l’ADN du parasite par PCR en temps réel. D’autres enquêtes devront être réalisées pour clarifier l’importance du cheval comme réservoir de Leishmania dans les foyers européens de leishmaniose.
Key words: horse / leishmaniasis / Europe / Leishmania infantum
Mots clés : cheval / leishmaniose / Europe / Leishmania infantum
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