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COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 35, Issue 5, Pages 469-476Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.04.003
Keywords
Cats; Leishmania; Leishmania mexicana; Leishmania braziliensis; Leishmania infantum; Trypanosoma cruzi; Mexico; Yucatan Peninsula; Superoxide dismutase excreted; ELISA
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- University of Granada [GREIB.PYR_2011_18]
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Although human leishmaniasis has been reported in 20 states in Mexico, no case of leishmaniasis has been reported in cats to date. In the Yucatan Peninsula. it has been found that dogs may act as reservoirs for at least three Leishmania species (Leishmania mexicana, Leishmania braziliensis, and Leishmania panamensis). In this study we identified specific antibodies against these three Leishmania spp. and Trypanosoma cruzi in the sera from 95 cats from two States on the Yucatan Peninsula. namely Quintana Roo and Yucatan, by ELISA and Western blot techniques using whole extract and an iron superoxide dismutase excreted by the parasites as antigens. As well as demonstrating the presence of trypanosomatid antibodies in the feline population on the Yucatan Peninsula, we were also able to confirm the high sensitivity and specificity of the iron superoxide dismutase antigen secreted by them, which may prove to be very useful in epidemiological studies. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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