SEROPREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED EPIDEMIOLOGIC VARIABLES WITH CANINE VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN ENDEMIC AREA, SÃO LUIS, MARANHÃO STATE, BRAZIL

Authors

  • David Soeiro Barbosa UEMA
  • Alessandra Lima Rocha UEMA
  • Andressa Almeida Santana UEMA
  • Celeste da Silva Freitas de Souza IOC/FIOCRUZ/RJ
  • Ricardo Augusto Dias FMVZ/USP
  • Lívio Martins Costa-Júnior UFMA
  • Ana Lúcia Abreu-Silva UEMA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i3.5933

Keywords:

Animal Sanity

Abstract

This work aimed to determine the seroprevalence and epidemiological variables associated to Leishmania spp. infection in dogs from five locations of Tirirical District, in São Luís, Maranhão State, Brazil. Seventy-two houses were visited and samples of one hundred dogs were taken. A questionnaire was applied in order to investigate the possible factors related to the Leishmania infection. The following variables were used: forest proximity from the residence, livestock of domestic animals or shelter of wild animals, sex, age and breed. Clinical examination was also performed looking for clinical signs compatible to the infection. The serological analysis revealed that 67 samples were reactive. The clinical signs observed were focal lymphadenophaty, alopecia, weight loss, cutaneous ulcers, skin desquamation, keratoconjuntivitis and onycogrifosis. Animals from Cruzeiro de Santa Bárbara and Cajupari, both locations near the forest, have 3.4 and 12.0 more chances of being reactive to Leishmania spp. than the ones in the other studied locations. No statistical relation was found between seropositive dogs and any other variables.

KEYWORDS: Associated factors, canine visceral leishmaniasis, epidemiology,  seroprevalence.

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Author Biographies

David Soeiro Barbosa, UEMA

Laboratório de Anatomopatologia, Curso de Medicina Veterinária, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luís, Maranhão, Brasil.

Alessandra Lima Rocha, UEMA

Laboratório de Anatomopatologia, Curso de Medicina Veterinária, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luís, Maranhão, Brasil.

Andressa Almeida Santana, UEMA

Laboratório de Anatomopatologia, Curso de Medicina Veterinária, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luís, Maranhão, Brasil.

Celeste da Silva Freitas de Souza, IOC/FIOCRUZ/RJ

Laboratório de Imunomodulação, Departamento de Protozoologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Ricardo Augusto Dias, FMVZ/USP

Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Bioestatística, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brasil.

Lívio Martins Costa-Júnior, UFMA

Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA), Campus Chapadinha, Maranhão, Brasil.

Ana Lúcia Abreu-Silva, UEMA

Laboratório de Anatomopatologia, Curso de Medicina Veterinária, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luís, Maranhão, Brasil.

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Published

2010-10-02

How to Cite

BARBOSA, D. S.; ROCHA, A. L.; SANTANA, A. A.; SOUZA, C. da S. F. de; DIAS, R. A.; COSTA-JÚNIOR, L. M.; ABREU-SILVA, A. L. SEROPREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED EPIDEMIOLOGIC VARIABLES WITH CANINE VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN ENDEMIC AREA, SÃO LUIS, MARANHÃO STATE, BRAZIL. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 3, p. 653–659, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i3.5933. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/5933. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2010)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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