title: Increasing incidence of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis on Crete, Greece.
abstract: To determine whether the incidence of canine leishmaniasis has increased on Crete, Greece, we fitted infection models to serodiagnostic records of 8,848 dog samples for 1990-2006. Models predicted that seroprevalence has increased 2.4% (95% confidence interval 1.61%-3.51%) per year and that incidence has increased 2.2- to 3.8-fold over this 17-year period.
authors.affiliation: University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antoniou
authors.forename: Ippokratis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Messaritakis
authors.forename: Vasiliki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Christodoulou
authors.forename: Ioanna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ascoksilaki
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kanavakis
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: Connor
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.forename: Orin
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Courtenay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D015994:Incidence; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000276:immunology; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008954:Models, Biological; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan