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Serological and entomological survey of canine leishmaniasis in Lampedusa island, Italy

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Title
Serological and entomological survey of canine leishmaniasis in Lampedusa island, Italy
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BMC Veterinary Research, September 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12917-018-1606-x
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Valentina Foglia Manzillo, Manuela Gizzarelli, Fabrizio Vitale, Serena Montagnaro, Alessandra Torina, Salvo Sotera, Gaetano Oliva

Abstract

During last decade Lampedusa island (Italy) has been interested by a deep social change caused by the massive arrival of migrants from north Africa. The goal of this study was to evaluate current CanL burden and risk factors for Visceral Leishmaniosis (VL) on Lampedusa, actually based on very few data obtained in a previous study performed fifteen years ago. Two hundred and forty-two dogs were enrolled for the detection of Leishmania infantum infection by serology. In addition, an entomological investigation was performed to confirm the presence of Leishmania-vectors. Seroprevalence was of 54.13%. 223 sand flies specimens were collected. Among them, 4 species were identified: Phlebotomus perniciosus, P. papatasi, P. neglectus, Sergentomia minuta, with P. perniciosus the most abundant (67.7%; p < 0.01). The high proportion of seropositive dogs together with the presence of the most competent vector for L. infantum, P. perniciosus, demonstrate that L. infantum abundantly circulates in the island and may constitute a risk for people, particularly for hosted migrants.

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Unknown 45 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 13%
Student > Bachelor 5 11%
Student > Postgraduate 4 9%
Other 3 7%
Other 8 18%
Unknown 12 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 12 27%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 9%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 4%
Other 5 11%
Unknown 15 33%
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#15,545,785
of 23,103,903 outputs
Outputs from BMC Veterinary Research
#1,440
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#215,881
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Veterinary Research
#34
of 72 outputs
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