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VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
Volume 106, Issue 3, Pages 181-191Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00081-X
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cat; Leishmania infantum; nodular granulomatous dermatitis; diagnosis-protozoa; PCR; serology; Italy
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A case of leishmaniosis in domestic cats (Fells catus domesticus) is described. The subject showed a nodular lesion on the eyelid. The diagnosis was achieved by serological, parasitological, and light and electron microscopic investigations. By molecular techniques the aetiological agent was identified as belonging to Leishmania infantum, the species implicated in human and canine leishmaniosis in southern Europe. A preliminary study on the prevalence of asymptomatic feline leishmaniosis, performed in the areas where the infected cat was identified, revealed a low sero-prevalence of infection: only 1 (0.9%) of the 110 cat sera examined by indirect fluorescent antibody test was positive for anti-Leishmania antibodies. Because clinical signs in feline leishmaniosis are unspecific and similar to those observed in other diseases commonly found in this species, leishmaniosis must be added to the differential diagnosis by feline veterinary practitioners and adequate serologic and histopathologic investigations must be performed in endemic areas. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V All rights reserved.
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