Detection of Leishmania spp. in Chronic Dermatitis: Retrospective Study in Exposed Horse Populations.

ABSTRACT: Leishmania infantum is a protozoan causing human zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) and visceral-cutaneous canine leishmaniosis (CanL) in the Mediterranean Basin. L. infantum is able to infect a large number of wild and domestic species, including cats, dogs, and horses. Since the 1990s, clinical cases of equine leishmaniasis (EL), typically characterized by cutaneous forms, have been increasingly diagnosed worldwide. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the presence of clinical forms of EL in CanL-endemic areas in Italy, where exposure of equine populations was ascertained from recent serological surveys. For this purpose, formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded skin biopsies of 47 horses presenting chronic dermatitis compatible with EL were retrospectively selected

SUBMITTER: Gazzonis AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9227255 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature