The first report of autochthonous non-vector-borne transmission of canine leishmaniosis in the Nordic countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leishmania spp. are zoonotic protozoans that infect humans and other mammals such as dogs. The most significant causative species in dogs is L. infantum. In dogs, leishmaniosis is a potentially progressive, chronic disease with varying clinical outcomes. Autochthonous cases of canine leishmaniosis have not previously been reported in the Nordic countries.

Results

In this report we describe the first diagnosed autochthonous cases of canine leishmaniosis in Finland, in which transmission via a suitable arthropod vector was absent. Two Finnish boxers that had never been in endemic areas of Leishmania spp., had never received blood transfusions, nor were infested by ectoparasites were diagnosed with leishmaniosis. Another dog was found with elevated Leishmania antibod

SUBMITTER: Karkamo V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4310168 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature