Accidental and late parasitological diagnosis of Leishmania sp. in a dog from a low disease transmission area of Brazil: a case report

Submitted by Janaína Nascimento ([email protected]) on 2019-10-02T12:25:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ve_Spinelli_Renan_etal_INI_2019.pdf: 224266 bytes, checksum: 8944b82f3ac9165971852e002511661e (MD5)Approved for entry into archive by Janaína Nascimento ([email protected]) on 2019-10-02T14:14:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 ve_Spinelli_Renan_etal_INI_2019.pdf: 224266 bytes, checksum: 8944b82f3ac9165971852e002511661e (MD5)Made available in DSpace on 2019-10-02T14:14:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ve_Spinelli_Renan_etal_INI_2019.pdf: 224266 bytes, checksum: 8944b82f3ac9165971852e002511661e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2019Universidade Federal Fluminense. Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.Laboratório Clínico Veterinário Flávia Uchôa. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Dermatozoonoses em Animais Domésticos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas Laboratório de Imunodiagnóstico. RJ, Brasil.Universidade Federal Fluminense. Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.Canine Leishmaniasis diagnosis must be fast and accurate since dogs are urban reservoirs of the disease and earlier therapeutic intervention is more clinically effective. However, this still represents a challenge, particularly in low transmission areas. The present report describes the difficulties of clinical suspicion and the late diagnosis of a dog infected with Leishmania sp