The first case report of Leishmania (leishmania) chagasi in Panthera leo in Brazil.
10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60036-1
- Author:
Magyda A A DAHROUG
1
;
Arleana B P F ALMEIDA
;
Valéria R F SOUSA
;
Valéria DUTRA
;
Luciana D GUIMARÃES
;
César E SOARES
;
Luciano NAKAZATO
;
Roberto L de SOUZA
Author Information
1. Federal University of Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Correa da Costa s/n, 78060-900, Cuiabá, MT, Brasil.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Leishmania (leishmania) chagasi;
PCR-RFLP;
Panthera leo
- MeSH:
Animal Diseases;
parasitology;
Animals;
Brazil;
Leishmania;
classification;
genetics;
Leishmaniasis;
veterinary;
Lions;
parasitology
- From:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
2011;1(3):249-250
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We reported here the first known case of natural infection of a lion (Panthera leo-Linnaeus, 1758) with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi (L. chagasi) in Brazil. The specimen was created by a circus handler in the state of Mato Grosso and was donated to the zoological park of the Federal University of Mato Grosso. Infection by L. chagasi was detected using a PCR-RFLP test. It was known that the domestic felids can act as reservoir of infection of L. chagasi in endemic areas, making it important that studies demonstrate their participation in the epidemiological chain. We demonstrate in this work that wild animals can have an important role in the epidemiological chain and must be considered in order to plan methods of control of this zoonosis.
