Emergent canine visceral leishmaniasis in Argentina: Comparative diagnostics and relevance to proliferation of human disease.

• Main Authors: Kyoko Fujisawa (Author), Charlotte Silcott-Niles (Author), Poppy Simonson (Author), Daniela Lamattina (Author), Cristian A Humeres (Author), Tapan Bhattacharyya (Author), Pascal Mertens (Author), Caroline Thunissen (Author), Victoria O'Rourke (Author), Magdalena Pańczuk (Author), James A Whitworth (Author), Oscar Daniel Salomón (Author), Michael A Miles (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a zoonotic protozoal vector-borne disease that is a major public health challenge. In Argentina, canine (CVL) and human visceral leishmaniasis (HVL) have recently emerged. There is a lack of standardised diagnostic tests for CVL, which hi...