Canine visceral leishmaniasis: relationships between clinical status, humoral immune response, haematology and Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis infectivity |
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Authors: | da Costa-Val Adriane Pimenta Cavalcanti Reginaldo Roris de Figueiredo Gontijo Nelder Michalick Marilene Suzan Marques Alexander Bruce Williams Paul Melo Maria Norma |
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Affiliation: | Escola de Veterinária da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinárias, Av. Ant?nio Carlos, 6627, P.O. Box 567, 30161-970 Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil. |
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Abstract: | The main source of Leishmania infantum infection in humans is a naturally infected dog. This study reports on the infectivity to phlebotomine sandflies (Lutzomyia longipalpis) of serologically positive mongrel dogs that differed in clinical status, haematology and humoral responses to immunoglobulin (Ig) G(T) (total anti-Leishmania IgG), IgG(1) and IgG(2) subclasses of antibody to crude antigen of L. infantum. Forty-five female L. longipalpis were allowed to feed directly on the ears of dogs classified as asymptomatic, oligosymptomatic or symptomatic before being dissected five days later. Promastigotes were detected in 88% of the dissected sandflies. The highest rate of infectivity to sandflies was found in symptomatic dogs, followed by oligosymptomatic and asymptomatic animals. The results suggest that dogs naturally infected with L. infantum with higher total IgG and IgG(2) concentrations and lower haematocrit levels were able to infect the highest proportion of L. longipalpis. No correlation was observed between anaemia and the intensity of clinical signs. Symptomatic dogs presented the highest infection rate and intensity of infection. |
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Keywords: | Canine visceral leishmaniasis Xenodiagnosis IgG IgG1 IgG2 Clinical status Haematology |
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