Veterinary research communicationsAnimalsDogsColombiaLeishmaniasisVisceral
First report of visceral Leishmaniasis in abandoned dogs of the urban area in the central region of Colombia.
Tuane Ferreira Melo, Josiane Aparecida Martiniano de Pádua, Ana Carolina Amado-Gomes, Natalie Hell-Mor, Fernando Borda Rojas, Luz Ángela Vega, Jose Vallejo Forero, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Ana Paula Peconick, Gabriel Andres Tafur-Gómez
Published: 202510.1007/s11259-025-10914-6
Abstract
Leishmaniasis is a significant zoonosis, with dogs serving as reservoirs and sand flies as vectors. This survey aimed to identify, for the first time, visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in dogs in an urban shelter in the Andean region of Colombia. We sample…
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