Montenegro's skin reactions and antibodies against different Leishmania species in dogs from a visceral leishmaniosis endemic area.
In this study, humoral (circulating anti-Leishmania antibodies) and cellular (Montenegro's skin test) immune responses of dogs from an endemic area of visceral leishmaniosis were tested using Leishmania chagasi, Leishmania amazonensis and Leishmania braziliensis antigens. The antibody response was tested in three animal groups, selected according to their anti-L. chagasi antibody activity, as measured by ELISA in the serum: 19 negative (O.D. below 0.30), seven with undefined (O.D. between 0.40 and 0.70) and 12 positive (O.D. above 1.0) ELISA result. In the group of animals with positive ELISA, the antibody activity against L. chagasi antigens (mean O.D.=1.31) was significantly higher (ANOVA, P<0.01) than against L. amazonensis (mean O.D.=0.88) or L. braziliensis (mean O.D.=0.87) antigens. The Montenegro's skin test results obtained with L. chagasi and L. braziliensis antigens showed a fair agreement (kappa=0.309). The same was observed when antigens from L. braziliensis and L. amazonensis were compared (kappa=0.374), whereas a moderate agreement between the results from tests performed with L. chagasi and L. amazonensis antigens was observed (kappa=0.530). The induration areas obtained with L. braziliensis antigen were smaller than those obtained with the other antigens. The data presented herein indicate that the use of antigens from different Leishmania species may interfere with the results of the immunological tests performed in dogs in an endemic area of visceral leishmaniosis.
Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz-Fiocruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rua Waldemar Falcão 121, 40295-001 Salvador (BA), Brazil.
Carolina O
CO
Baleeiro
Moacir
M
Paranhos-Silva
Juliana C
JC
dos Santos
Geraldo G S
GG
Oliveira
Eliane Goes
EG
Nascimento
Lain Pontes
LP
de Carvalho
Washington L C
WL
dos-Santos
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D007891:Leishmania / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D007892:Leishmania braziliensis / Q000276:immunology; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology; D012882:Skin Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D013045:Species Specificity
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; C032127:leishmanin