| [seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis in sector 8 of neiva and in four municipalities of huila, colombia]. | canine visceral leishmaniasis in endemic areas of colombia could be a public health risk factor given the zoonotic nature of the disease. ninety-six human cases of visceral leishmaniasis were reported in colombia in 2004, 5 of them in huila, where lutzomyia longipalpis has been incriminated as the main vector species. | 2006 | 17361848 |
| canine visceral leishmaniasis: dog infectivity to sand flies from non-endemic areas. | canine visceral leishmaniasis (vl), caused by leishmania infantum (leishmania chagasi in the new world), is a zoonotic, endemic disease in western europe and latin america. the potential spreading to new regions was suggested by the appearance of canine vl among foxhounds in the us. although the sand fly vectors in the major foci of transmission have been described, no information exists on other sand flies that could propagate the infection outside endemic areas. we evaluated the capacity of lu ... | 2002 | 12002643 |