| can fleas from dogs infected with canine visceral leishmaniasis transfer the infection to other mammals? | in order to investigate the possible role of dog fleas in the transmission of trypanosomatids, ectoparasites were removed from 59 dogs testing positive for canine zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis according to the indirect fluorescent antibody test (ifat). of the fleas collected, 4/207 (1.9%) showed the presence of promastigotes in smears stained by giemsa, whilst 43/144 (29.9%) exhibited positive polymerase chain reaction (pcr) amplification assays for leishmania dna. fleas (409) from 9 leishmani ... | 2007 | 17521814 |
| morphology and growth characteristics of cultured leptomonas ctenocephali from ctenocephalides felis felis (siphonaptera: pulicidae) of dogs in brazil. | to confirm the taxonomic identification of a trypanosomatid found in the hindgut, rectum and malpighian tubules of dog fleas captured in belo horizonte, minas gerais, brazil, between april and november of 2005, 910 specimens of ctenocephalides felis felis were removed from street dogs and dissected, and isolates from their digestive tracts were cultivated in nnn-alpha-mem medium. four different morphological forms were observed in culture: long, slender, twisted promastigotes with a long flagell ... | 2011 | 21511398 |