Even in non endemic areas (e.g. Germany) the number of affected dogs is increasing continously. Unfortunately, affected dogs can develop a variety of cutaneous signs besides the "classic" cutaneous symptoms most veterinarians know. One should also be familiar with other skin manifestations of ...
Skin is the major site of CL infection, in which a granulomatous reaction with numbers of amastigotes develops, depending on the activation of macrophages by Th1 lymphokines (dos-Santos et al. 2004). Typical CL symptoms in dogs include fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, lymphadenopathy, alopecia ...
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donovani, mainly in East Africa and the Indian subcontinent (Desjeux, 2004). Several clinical symptoms are associated with VL, includes fever, weight loss, weakness, hepatomegaly, and splenomegaly. Since leishmaniasis is primarily observed in underdeveloped countries, lacking proper medical care, ...
Regarding antibody isotypes, IgG1 and IgG2 subclasses have been used as indicators for CanL, since a direct correlation between high levels of IgG1 anti-Leishmania antibodies and the appearance of clinical symptoms has been demonstrated in L. infantum- infected dogs. By contrast, IgG2 ...
Sign in to download hi-res image Fig. 1.Clinical manifestations, species involved, and symptoms related to the leishmaniasis disease. Due to the enormous drawbacks, none of the available anti-leishmanial drugs can be considered ideal for eliminating parasites from all infected individuals. Treatment...
[27] found considerably higher numbers of CD4 T-cells in dogs with VL compared to uninfected animals, with no relevant associated immune complex deposition. The number of T-cells was correlated to the quantity of Leishmania antigen in phagocytic cells, suggesting that the parasite itself could ...
In this study, plasma samples from 184 dogs were examined using the direct agglutination. A total of twenty dogs (8.10%) have had positive titers. Four dogs (4.2%) of asymptomatic dogs and 16 dogs (8.8%) of dogs with symptoms had positive serum. Also statistically significant between ...
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is mainly caused byL. infantumandL. donovani. Symptoms of the disease include intermittent fever, anemia, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, and lymphadenopathy. The outcome of VL is often death. In dogs, infected animals can be asymptomatic and the diagnosis can be difficul...
No leishmanial infection was seen in the slides. Meriones libycus is the probable reservoir host of the disease in the area. Sixteen dogs appeared to be uninfected because examination showed no active lesion or scar. Most probably Phlebotomus papatasi is the vector because 81.53% of indoor ...