Domestic dogs in indigenous Amazonian communities: Key players in Leptospira cycling and transmission?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leptospirosis is the world's most common zoonotic disease. Mitigation and control rely on pathogen identification and understanding the roles of potential reservoirs in cycling and transmission. Underreporting and misdiagnosis obscure the magnitude of the problem and confound efforts to understand key epidemiological components. Difficulties in culturing hamper the use of serological diagnostics and delay the development of DNA detection methods. As a result, especially in complex ecosystems, we know very little about the importance of different mammalian host species in cycling and transmission to humans.

Methodology/principal findings

We sampled dogs from five indigenous Kichwa communities living in the Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon basin. Blood

SUBMITTER: Guzman DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10990217 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature