Molecular Detection of <i>Leishmania</i> (<i>V.</i>) <i>braziliensis</i> and <i>Leishmania</i> (<i>M.</i>) <i>martiniquensis</i> Infecting Domestic Animals from Panama, Central America.

ABSTRACT: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a vector-borne zoonotic disease affecting the skin and mucous membranes of animals and humans. While CL is commonly diagnosed and studied in humans in Panama, limited information exists on its occurrence in domestic animals and their potential role as reservoirs. In this study, samples from twelve domestic animals (ten dogs and two horses) with suspected CL lesions were collected between 2021 and 2025 in endemic regions of Panama and evaluated using multiple diagnostic methods. Leishmania infection was confirmed in six of them (50%): five dogs and one horse. Three dogs were infected with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, representing the first molecularly confirmed cases of this species in dogs from Panama and Central Amer

SUBMITTER: Pineda V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12466877 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature