Risk of Infection with Leishmania spp. in the Canine Population in the Netherlands |
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| Authors: | E Teske F van Knapen EGM Beijer RJ Slappendel |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht;(2) National Institute of Public Health and Environment Protection, Zeist, The Netherlands; |
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| Abstract: | The dog is the main reservoir of Leishmania infantum, the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in humans in Southern Europe. In order to identify the risk of dogs from a Leishmania non-endemic area traveling to a Leishmania -endemic area becoming infected and the risk of transmitting infection to humans in non-endemic areas an investigation was performed, in which the results of a questionnaire were combined with the results of a serologic survey. |
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