Autochthonous canine visceral leishmaniasis in a non-endemic area: Bom Sucesso, Minas Gerais State, Brazil Ocorrência de leishmaniose visceral canina autóctone em uma área não-endêmica: Bom Sucesso, Minas Gerais, Brasil

• Main Authors: Marcio Roberto Silva (Author), Marcos José Marques (Author), Alvaro José Romanha (Author), Idael Christiano de Almeida Santa-Rosa (Author), Cláudia M. Carneiro (Author), Alexandre Barbosa Reis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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The article begins by describing a dog with characteristic symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis. A serum sample from this animal was positive by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) performed in anti-Leishmania total IgG in 1999. Tissues from the same dog were also positive by polymerase chain reaction (...