Disseminated feline leishmaniosis due to Leishmania infantum in Southern France.
A fortuitously discovered case of feline leishmaniosis is reported. The parasites were found in the skin and the bone marrow of a domestic female cat that spontaneously died after a few weeks of evolution. Serological tests for FeLV, FIV and PIF virus detection gave negative results. By using Western blot serology, a characteristic pattern of leishmaniosis was obtained and by performing an isoenzyme electrophoresis, a Leishmania infantum MON-1 strain was identified. The same zymodeme is implicated in most of the canine and human leishmaniosis in Southern Europe. A study on the prevalence of asymptomatic feline leismaniosis is foreseen.
Ozon
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Laboratoire Vétérinaire Départemental des Alpes-Maritimes, Sophia Antipolis, France.
Marty
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Pratlong
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Breton
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Blein
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M
Lelièvre
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Haas
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D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000662:veterinary; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000469:parasitology; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D004592:Electrophoresis, Starch Gel / Q000662:veterinary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology
D007527:Isoenzymes