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PARASITOLOGY
卷 125, 期 -, 页码 407-414出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182002002238
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Leishmania infantum; infectiousness; Cerdocyon thous; Brazil; fox
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The epidemiological role of the crab-eating fox Cerdocyon thous in the transmission of Leishmania infantum is assessed in a longitudinal study in Amazon Brazil. A total of 37 wild-caught foxes were immunologically, and clinically monitored, and 26 foxes exposed to laboratory colonies of the sandfly vector Lutzommyia longipalpis, over a 15-month period. In total 78% (29/37) of foxes were seropositive for anti-Leishmania 1gG oil at least 1 occasion, and 38% (8/37) had infections confirmed by PCR and/or by culture. Point prevalences were 74% (serology), 15% (PCR), and 26% (culture). No Signs of progressive disease were observed. None of the foxes were infectious to the 1469 sandflies dissected from 44 feeds. A conservative estimate of the possible contribution of foxes to transmission was 9% compared to 91% by sympatric domestic dogs. These results show that crab-eating fox populations do not maintain a transmission cycle independently of domestic dogs. The implication is that they are unlikely to introduce the parasite into Leishmania-free dog populations.
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