Survey of wild mammal hosts of cutaneous Leishmaniasis parasites in Panamá and Costa Rica
The eco-epidemiology of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is driven by animal reservoir species that are a source of infection for sand flies that serve as vectors infecting humans with Leishmania spp parasites. The emergence and re-emergence of this disease across Latin America calls for fur...
| Main Authors: | GONZÁLEZ, KADIR, CALZADA, JOSÉ E., Saldaña, Azael, Rigg, Chystrie A., Alvarado, Gilbert, Rodríguez-Herrera, Bernal, KITRON, URIEL D., Adler, Gregory H., GOTTDENKER, NICOLE L., Chaves, Luis Fernando, Baldi, Mario |
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| Format: | Artículo |
| Language: | Inglés |
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The Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine
2022
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| Online Access: |
http://hdl.handle.net/11056/23580 |
| Summary: |
The eco-epidemiology of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is driven by animal reservoir
species that are a source of infection for sand flies that serve as vectors infecting humans with Leishmania spp
parasites. The emergence and re-emergence of this disease across Latin America calls for further studies to identify
reservoir species associated with enzootic transmission. Here, we present results from a survey of 52 individuals
from 13 wild mammal species at endemic sites in Costa Rica and Panama where ACL mammal hosts have not
been previously studied. For Leishmania spp. diagnostics we employed a novel PCR technique using blood
samples collected on filter paper. We only found Leishmania spp parasites in one host, the two-toed sloth,
Choloepus hoffmanni. Our findings add further support to the role of two-toed sloths as an important ACL
reservoir in Central America. |
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