Journal article
Vaccination against canine leishmaniasis in Brazil
International journal for parasitology, Vol.50(3), pp.171-176
03/2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.01.001
PMID: 32126240
Abstract
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•Dogs play a key role in the transmission of Leishmania infantum to humans.•Preventing L. infantum infection in dogs is pivotal from a one health perspective.•A bill is currently proposing a canine leishmaniasis vaccination policy in Brazil.•There is no solid scientific evidence supporting this proposal.•Topically applied pyrethroids are recommended to prevent infection in dogs.
Prevention of canine Leishmania infantum infection is critical to management of visceral leishmaniasis in people living in endemic areas of Brazil. A bill (PL 1738/11), currently under consideration, proposes to establish a national vaccination policy against canine leishmaniasis in Brazil. However, there is no solid scientific evidence supporting the idea that this could reduce transmission from infected vaccinated dogs to sand flies to a level that would significantly reduce the risk of L. infantum infection or visceral leishmaniasis in humans. Thus, we advocate that insecticide-impregnated collars should the first line protective measure for public health purposes and that vaccines are applied on a case-by-case, optional basis for individual dog protection.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Vaccination against canine leishmaniasis in Brazil
- Creators
- Filipe Dantas-Torres - Department of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, BrazilFábio dos Santos Nogueira - Fundação Educacional de Andradina, Andradina, BrazilIngrid Menz - Self-employed Veterinarian, Campinas, BrazilPaulo Tabanez - Self-employed Veterinarian, Brasília, BrazilSydnei Magno da Silva - Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, BrazilVitor Márcio Ribeiro - Veterinary School, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Betim, BrazilGuadalupe Miró - Department of Animal Health, Veterinary Faculty, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, SpainLuís Cardoso - Department of Veterinary Sciences, and Animal and Veterinary Research Centre, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, PortugalChristine Petersen - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United StatesGad Baneth - Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, IsraelGaetano Oliva - Department of Veterinary Medicine and Food Production, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, ItalyLaia Solano-Gallego - Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, SpainLluís Ferrer - Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, SpainMaria Grazia Pennisi - Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario Annunziata, Messina, ItalyPatrick Bourdeau - Veterinary School of Nantes ONIRIS, University of Nantes, LUNAM, Nantes, FranceCarla Maia - Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Lisbon, PortugalDomenico Otranto - Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, ItalyLuigi Gradoni - Unit of Vector-borne Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, ItalyOrin Courtenay - Zeeman Institute, and School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United KingdomCarlos Henrique Nery Costa - Department of Community Medicine, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal for parasitology, Vol.50(3), pp.171-176
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.01.001
- PMID
- 32126240
- NLM abbreviation
- Int J Parasitol
- ISSN
- 0020-7519
- eISSN
- 1879-0135
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/501100001871, name: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, award: IF/01302/2015; DOI: 10.13039/501100003381, name: Ministério da Educação e Ciência; DOI: 10.13039/501100003593, name: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, award: 313118/2018-3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2020
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984214701302771
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