Latest trends in Leishmania infantum infection in dogs in Spain, Part I: mapped seroprevalence and sand fly distributions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This report describes L. infantum infection seroprevalence in dogs in Spain through data obtained from peer-reviewed literature and a cross-sectional serological survey assessing epidemiological and habitat variables as risk factors for infection. The study also provides preliminary sand fly species distribution data and indicates factors affecting their distribution and density.

Methods

Three different studies were conducted in Spain: (i) a peer-reviewed literature seroprevalence survey (1985-2019); (ii) a cross-sectional serological survey (2011-2016); and (iii) a preliminary entomological survey (2013-2014). In the cross-sectional serological survey, 1739 dogs from 74 different locations including 25 Spanish provinces were tested for L. infantum by indirect imm

SUBMITTER: Galvez R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7171843 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature