Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis, United States and Canada, 2000–2003

Zandra H. Duprey; Francis J. Steurer; Jane A. Rooney; Louis V. Kirchhoff; Joan E. Jackson; Edgar D. Rowton; Peter M. Schantz

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Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis, United States and Canada, 2000–2003

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Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis, United States and Canada, 2000–2003

Zandra H. Duprey, Francis J. Steurer, Jane A. Rooney, Louis V. Kirchhoff, Joan E. Jackson, Edgar D. Rowton and Peter M. Schantz

Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.12(3), pp.440-446

03/01/2006

DOI: 10.3201/eid1203.050811

PMCID: PMC3291440

PMID: 16704782

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Abstract

Foxhounds infected with Leishmania spp . were found in 18 states and 2 Canadian provinces. Visceral leishmaniasis, caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania donovani complex, is a vectorborne zoonotic infection that infects humans, dogs, and other mammals. In 2000, this infection was implicated as causing high rates of illness and death among foxhounds in a kennel in New York. A serosurvey of >12,000 foxhounds and other canids and 185 persons in 35 states and 4 Canadian provinces was performed to determine geographic extent, prevalence, host range, and modes of transmission within foxhounds, other dogs, and wild canids and to assess possible infections in humans. Foxhounds infected with Leishmania spp. were found in 18 states and 2 Canadian provinces. No evidence of infection was found in humans. The infection in North America appears to be widespread in foxhounds and limited to dog-to-dog mechanisms of transmission; however, if the organism becomes adapted for vector transmission by indigenous phlebotomines, the probability of human exposure will be greatly increased.

Canine leishmaniasis

Foxhounds

Leishmania spp

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Title: Subtitle: Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis, United States and Canada, 2000–2003
Creators: Zandra H. Duprey - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Francis J. Steurer - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jane A. Rooney - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Louis V. Kirchhoff - University of Iowa
Joan E. Jackson - Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Edgar D. Rowton - Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Peter M. Schantz - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.12(3), pp.440-446
DOI: 10.3201/eid1203.050811
PMID: 16704782
PMCID: PMC3291440
NLM abbreviation: Emerg Infect Dis
ISSN: 1080-6040
eISSN: 1080-6059
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Alternative title: Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis, 2000–2003
Language: English
Date published: 03/01/2006
Academic Unit: Psychiatry; Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984280834202771

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