Author | Pires, Marize Quinhones | |
Author | Madeira, Maria de Fátima | |
Author | Bittencourt, Vânia Rita Elias Pinheiro | |
Author | Pacheco, Raquel da Silva | |
Access date | 2015-05-04T16:21:44Z | |
Available date | 2015-05-04T16:21:44Z | |
Document date | 2014 | |
Citation | 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. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0037-8682 | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/10156 | |
Sponsorship | 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). | pt_BR |
Sponsorship | FAPERJ, CNPq, IKB | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis co-infection in dogs from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: evaluation by specific PCR and RFLP-PCR assays | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1590/0037-8682-0007-2013 | |
Abstract | 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. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Sistemática Bioquímica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Vigilância em Leishmanioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Parasitologia Animal. Seropédica, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Sistemática Bioquímica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Visceral leishmaniasis | pt_BR |
Subject | Cutaneous leishmaniasis | pt_BR |
Subject | Leishmania braziliensis | pt_BR |
Subject | Leishmania infantum | pt_BR |
Subject | Polymerase chain reaction | pt_BR |
DeCS | Leishmaniose visceral | pt_BR |
DeCS | Leishmaniose cutânea | pt_BR |
DeCS | Leishmania braziliensis | pt_BR |
DeCS | Leishmania infantum | pt_BR |
DeCS | Reação em cadeia da polimerase | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1678-9849 | |