Leishmania infantum xenodiagnosis from vertically infected dogs reveals significant skin tropism.

• Main Authors: Breanna M Scorza (Author), Kurayi G Mahachi (Author), Arin C Cox (Author), Angela J Toepp (Author), Adam Leal-Lima (Author), Anurag Kumar Kushwaha (Author), Patrick Kelly (Author), Claudio Meneses (Author), Geneva Wilson (Author), Katherine N Gibson-Corley (Author), Lyric Bartholomay (Author), Shaden Kamhawi (Author), Christine A Petersen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Dogs are the primary reservoir for human visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum. Phlebotomine sand flies maintain zoonotic transmission of parasites between dogs and humans. A subset of dogs is infected transplacentally during gestation, but at what stage of...