title: Further thoughts on "Asymptomatic dogs are highly competent to transmit Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi to the natural vector".
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhães Research Centre, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Brazil; Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy. Electronic address: filipe.vet@globo.com.
authors.forename: Filipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dantas-Torres
authors.affiliation: Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Gad
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baneth
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Health, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Guadalupe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Miró
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Laia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Solano-Gallego
authors.affiliation: Unité de Dermatologie, Parasitologie CE, Mycologie, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Agroalimentaire et de l'Alimentation, Nantes-Atlantique (ONIRIS), France.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bourdeau
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Otranto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000502:physiology*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000469:parasitology*