Transplacental transmission of Leishmania infantum as a means for continued disease incidence in North America.

• Main Authors: Paola Mercedes Boggiatto (Author), Katherine Nicole Gibson-Corley (Author), Kyle Metz (Author), Jack Michael Gallup (Author), Jesse Michael Hostetter (Author), Kathleen Mullin (Author), Christine Anne Petersen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dogs are the predominant domestic reservoir for human L. infantum infection. Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) is an emerging problem in some U.S. dog breeds, with an annual quantitative PCR prevalence of greater than 20% within an at-risk Foxhound population. Although classically Leishmania is...