title: [Canine visceral leishmaniasis in northeast Brazil: epidemiological aspects].
abstract: In a rural area of Northeast Brazil, the relatively high serological infection by Leishmania in dogs, the lack of classical vector Lutzomyia longipalpis and of American Visceral Leishmaniasis cases in human beings and the observation of Leishmania in ticks collected in infected dogs suggest that ticks may be responsible for the transmission between dogs.
authors.affiliation: Département de parasitologie, Centre de recherche Aggeu Magalhães/Fiocruz, Pernambouco, Brésil.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albuquerque Júnior
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Queiros Neto
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D048494:Rhipicephalus / Q000469:parasitology; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary