title: Coinfection by Toxoplasma gondii and Leishmania spp. in domestic cats (Felis catus) in State of Mato Grosso do Sul.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Leishmaniasis and toxoplasmosis are important to public health.
  
  
  METHODS
  Antibodies for Toxoplasma gondii and Leishmania spp. were evaluated in cats from Campo Grande, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, a region endemic for canine visceral leishmaniasis. Serum samples from 50 asymptomatic cats were titrated for T. gondii by the immunofluorescence antibody test and modified agglutination test and for Leishmania spp. by the immunofluorescence antibody test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  These two agents coinfected two (4%) of the 50 tested animals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings demonstrate the concomitant presence of two important zoonoses in cats from Brazilian endemic regions for canine visceral leishmaniasis.
authors: Instituto Mineiro de Agropecuária, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors: Audrey Rennó Campos
authors: AR
authors: Braga
authors: Departamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors: Ana Paula Ferreira Lopes
authors: AP
authors: Corrêa
authors: Departamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors: Lucilene Granuzzio
authors: LG
authors: Camossi
authors: Departamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors: Rodrigo Costa da
authors: RC
authors: Silva
authors: Departamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors: Helio
authors: H
authors: Langoni
authors: Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Bauru, SP, Brasil.
authors: Simone Baldini
authors: SB
authors: Lucheis
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002415:Cats; D060085:Coinfection / Q000662:veterinary; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D007891:Leishmania / Q000276:immunology; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan