Cutaneous leishmaniasis is frequent in equines from an endemic area in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In an endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Rio de Janeiro State where a mule had been found infected, a systematic search among equines was performed, resulting in the detection of Leishmania parasites in skin lesions of 30.8% of the animals, which included horses and mules. The eventual role of equines in the epidemiology of the human disease is being investigated.
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D006736:Horses; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000662:veterinary*; D010527:Perissodactyla / Q000469:parasitology