title: [Serological evaluation for detection of anti-Leishmania antibodies in dogs and cats in the district of Santa Rita de Cássia, municipality of Barra Mansa, State of Rio de Janeiro].
abstract: From a canine case of american cutaneous leishmaniasis in the locality of Santa Rita de Cássia, municipality of Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro, a serological survey was performed on 177 dogs and 43 cats. Evaluation of the canine serum samples showed that 10% had a positive reaction in the indirect immunofluorescence test and 10.7% in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Among the feline serum samples tested, none of the animals had a positive reaction in the indirect immunofluorescence test and only one (2.4%) showed a positive reaction in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The detection of an autochthonous case of Leishmania braziliensis in Barra Mansa gives warning that a focus of american cutaneous leishmaniasis is possibly becoming established in this region.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Pesquisa, Clínica em Dermatozoonoses em animais domésticos, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. fabiano.figueiredo@ipec.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Fabiano Borges
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.forename: Isabel Cristina Fábregas
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Bonna
authors.forename: Lílian Dias
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.forename: Tatiana da
authors.initials: Td
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Cibele
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baptista
authors.forename: Tânia Maria Valente
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Pacheco
authors.forename: Maria Regina Reis
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Amendoeira
authors.forename: Maria de Fátima
authors.initials: Mde F
authors.lastname: Madeira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007891:Leishmania / Q000276:immunology*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan