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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...

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Autores Principales: 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
Formato: Artículo
Idioma: Inglés
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine 2022
Materias:
LEISHMANIASIS
ZOONOSIS
PARÁSITOS
PARASITES
INSECTOS VECTORES
VECTOR INSECTS
Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/11056/23580
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spelling RepoUNACR235802022-07-19T14:55:15Z Survey of wild mammal hosts of cutaneous Leishmaniasis parasites in Panamá and Costa Rica 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 LEISHMANIASIS ZOONOSIS PARÁSITOS PARASITES INSECTOS VECTORES VECTOR INSECTS 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. La eco-epidemiología de la leishmaniasis cutánea americana (LCA) está impulsada por las especies reservorio de animales que son una fuente de infección para las moscas de la arena que sirven como vectores que infectan a los humanos con parásitos de Leishmania spp. La aparición y reaparición de esta enfermedad en toda América Latina exige que se realicen más estudios para identificar especies reservorio asociadas a la transmisión enzoótica. Aquí presentamos los resultados de un estudio de 52 individuos de 13 especies de mamíferos silvestres en sitios endémicos de Costa Rica y Panamá, donde los mamíferos hospederos del ACL no han sido estudiados previamente. Para el diagnóstico de Leishmania spp. se empleó una novedosa técnica de PCR utilizando muestras de sangre recogidas en papel de filtro. Sólo encontramos parásitos de Leishmania spp en un huésped, el perezoso de dos dedos, Choloepus hoffmanni. Nuestros hallazgos refuerzan el papel de los perezosos de dos dedos como un importante reservorio de ACL en Centroamérica. Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria 2022-07-19T14:52:27Z 2022-07-19T14:52:27Z 2014-12-06 http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 http://hdl.handle.net/11056/23580 10.2149/tmh.2014-30 eng Acceso abierto http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf The Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine Tropical Medicine and Health Vol. 43 No.1: 75–78, 2015
institution Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
collection Repositorio UNA-Costa Rica
language Inglés
topic LEISHMANIASIS
ZOONOSIS
PARÁSITOS
PARASITES
INSECTOS VECTORES
VECTOR INSECTS
spellingShingle LEISHMANIASIS
ZOONOSIS
PARÁSITOS
PARASITES
INSECTOS VECTORES
VECTOR INSECTS
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
Survey of wild mammal hosts of cutaneous Leishmaniasis parasites in Panamá and Costa Rica
description 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.
format Artículo
author 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
author_sort GONZÁLEZ, KADIR
title Survey of wild mammal hosts of cutaneous Leishmaniasis parasites in Panamá and Costa Rica
title_short Survey of wild mammal hosts of cutaneous Leishmaniasis parasites in Panamá and Costa Rica
title_full Survey of wild mammal hosts of cutaneous Leishmaniasis parasites in Panamá and Costa Rica
title_fullStr Survey of wild mammal hosts of cutaneous Leishmaniasis parasites in Panamá and Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed Survey of wild mammal hosts of cutaneous Leishmaniasis parasites in Panamá and Costa Rica
title_sort survey of wild mammal hosts of cutaneous leishmaniasis parasites in panamá and costa rica
publisher The Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine
publishDate 2022
url http://hdl.handle.net/11056/23580
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