title: Detection of different Leishmania spp. and Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies in cats from the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) using an iron superoxide dismutase excreted as antigen.
abstract: Although human leishmaniasis has been reported in 20 states in Mexico, no case of leishmaniasis has been reported in cats to date. In the Yucatan Peninsula, it has been found that dogs may act as reservoirs for at least three Leishmania species (Leishmania mexicana, Leishmania braziliensis, and Leishmania panamensis). In this study we identified specific antibodies against these three Leishmania spp. and Trypanosoma cruzi in the sera from 95 cats from two States on the Yucatan Peninsula, namely Quintana Roo and Yucatan, by ELISA and Western blot techniques using whole extract and an iron superoxide dismutase excreted by the parasites as antigens. As well as demonstrating the presence of trypanosomatid antibodies in the feline population on the Yucatan Peninsula, we were also able to confirm the high sensitivity and specificity of the iron superoxide dismutase antigen secreted by them, which may prove to be very useful in epidemiological studies.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Severo Ochoa s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Silvia S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Longoni
authors.forename: Angeles
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López-Cespedes
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Moreno
authors.forename: Manuel E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bolio-Gonzalez
authors.forename: Carlos H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Sauri-Arceo
authors.forename: Roger I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Vivas
authors.forename: Clotilde
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marín
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology; D002415:Cats; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007891:Leishmania / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D059208:Parasite Load; D015995:Prevalence; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000276:immunology*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase