First record of autochthonous canine leishmaniasis in Hungary

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 588-594

  Tánczos, Balázs ^a   Balogh, Nándor ^b   Király, László ^c   Biksi, Imre ^a   Szeredi, Levente ^d   Gyurkovsky, Monika ^a   Scalone, Aldo ^e   Fiorentino, Eleonora ^e   Gramiccia, Marina ^e   Farkas, Róbert ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b PraxisLab Kft   (Hungary)

^c Borzas Small Animal Clinics   (Hungary)

^d CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dog; Hungary; Indirect fluorescent antibody test; Kinetoplast DNA PCR; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniasis Ribosomal DNA nested PCR; Sand fly

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANINE LEISHMANIASIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUNGARY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS NEGLECTUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI PERFILIEWI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIVER; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS NEGLECTUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI PERFILIEWI;

EID: 84864062353     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0906     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Boggiatto PM, Gibson-Corley KN, Metz K, et al. Transplacental transmission of Leishmania infantum as a means for continued disease incidence in North America. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2011; 4:e1019.
2. Bosnić S, Gradoni L, Khoury C, et al. A review of leishmaniasis in Dalmatia (Croatia) and results from recent surveys on phlebotomine sand flies in three southern counties. Acta Trop 2006; 99:42-49.
3. Criado-Fornelio A, Gutierrez-Garcia L, Rodriguez-Caabeiro F, et al. A parasitological survey of wild red foxes (vulpes vulpes) from the province of Guadalajara, Spain. vet Parasitol 2000; 92:245-251.
4. Duprey ZH, Steurer FJ, Rooney JA, et al. Canine visceral leishmaniasis, United States and Canada, 2000-2003. Emerg Infect Dis 2006; 12:440-446.
5. Farkas R, Tánczos B, Bongiorno G, et al. First surveys to investigate the presence of canine leishmaniasis and its phlebotomine vectors in Hungary. vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2011; 11:823-834.
6. Fried K, Todorova R, Pintér E. Humán visceralis leishmaniosis megbetegedés Magyarországon. Epinfo 2003; 10:1.
7. Gaskin AA, Schantz P, Jackson J, et al. visceral leishmaniasis in a New York foxhound kennel. J vet Intern Med 2002; 16:34-44.
8. Gradoni, L, Gramiccia, M. Leishmaniosis. In: Manual of Standards for Diagnostic Tests and vaccines. Paris, France: Office International des Epizooties, 2004. Available at: Http://www.oie.int/ fr/normes/mmanual/a-00050. htm
9. Gramiccia M, Gradoni L. The current status of zoonotic leishmaniases and approaches to disease control. Invited review. Int J Parasitol 2005; 35:1169-1180.
10. Hendrickx G, Gilbert M, Staubach C, et al. A wind density model to quantify the airborne spread of Culicoides species during north-Western Europe bluetongue epidemic, 2006. Prev vet Med 2008; 87:162-181.
11. Killick-Kendrick R. The biology and control of phlebotomine sand flies. Clin Dermatol 1999; 17:279-289.
12. Kollaritsch H, Emminger W, Zaunschirm A, et al. Suspected autochthonous kala-Azar in Austria. Lancet 1989; 1:901-902.
13. Lachaud L, Marchergui-Hammami S, Chabbert E, et al. Comparison of six PCR methods using peripheral blood for detection of canine visceral leishmaniasis. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:210-215.
14. Lindgren E, Naucke T, Menne B. Climate variability and visceral leishmaniasis in Europe. In: Report of the Scientific Working Group meeting on Leishmaniasis, Geneva, Switzerland, 2-4 February. 2004:88-93.
15. Lorincz F, Szentkirályi Z. Phlebotomus macedonicus (Adler és Theodor 1931 el}ofordulása Magyarországon. Állattani Kö zlemények 1933 3- 4 160-169.
16. Magdus M. A kutya leishmaniosisa (leishmaniosis canum). Állatorvosi praxis 2004; 5:5-9.
17. Makara Gy. Érdekes human-Parazitológiai esetek. Leishmania donovani fert}ozés hazánkban. Orvosi Hetilap 1942; 83:562.
18. Maroli M, Rossi L, Baldelli R, et al. The northward spread of leishmaniasis in Italy: Evidence from retrospective and ongoing studies on the canine reservoir and phlebotomine vectors. Trop Med Int Health 2008; 13:256-264.
19. Mersich I, Práger T, Ambrózy P, et al. A nyári és a téli félév középh} omérséklete. In: Climate Atlas of Hungary. Budapest: Hungarian Meteorological Service, 2003:13-14.
20. Mohebali M, Hajjaran H, Hamzavi Y, et al. Epidemiological aspects of canine visceral leishmaniosis in the Islamic Republic of Iran. vet Parasitol 2005; 129:243-251.
21. Molina R, Amela C, Nieto J, et al. Infectivity of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum to colonized Phlebotomus perniciosus. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1994; 88:491-493.
22. Moreno J, Alvar J. Canine leishmaniasis: Epidemiological risk and the experimental model. Trends Parasitol 2002; 18:399-405.
23. Naucke TJ, Schmitt C. Is leishmaniasis becoming endemic in Germany? Int J Med Microbiol 2004; 293(Suppl 37):179-181.
24. Oliva G, Scalone A, Foglia Manzillo v, et al. Incidence and time course of Leishmania infantum infections examined by parasitological, serologic, and nested-PCR techniques in a cohort of naive dogs exposed to three consecutive transmission seasons. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44:1318-1322.
25. Péterfi Z, Nemes Z, vigvári S, et al. visceral leishmaniasis in an immunocompetentHungarian adult patient. Health 2011; 3:1-5.
26. Ready PD. Leishmaniasis emergence in Europe. Euro Surveill 2010; 15:19505.
27. Schantz PM, Steurer FJ, Duprey ZH, et al. Autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis in dogs in North America. J Am vet Med Assoc 2005; 226:1316-1322.
28. Tafuri WL, Santos RL, Arantes RM, et al. An alternative immunohistochemical method for detecting Leishmania amastigotes in paraffin-Embedded canine tissues. J Immun Methods 2004; 292:17-23.
29. Teske E, van Knapen F, Beijer EG, et al. Risk of infection with Leishmania spp. in the canine population in the Netherlands. Acta vet Scand 2002; 43:195-201.
30. van Eys GJ, Schoone GJ, Kroon NC, et al. Sequence analysis of small subunit ribosomal RNA genes and its use for detection and identification of Leishmania parasites. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1992; 51:133-142.
31. várnai F, Fü löp É, Bánhegyi D. Leishmania cutanea magyar állampolgárok által importált esetei. Orvosi Hetilap 1985; 126:2535.