American cutaneous leishmaniasis in two cats from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: first report of natural infection with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis

T M Schubach; F B Figueiredo; S A Pereira; M F Madeira; I B Santos; M V Andrade; T Cuzzi; M C Marzochi; A Schubach

doi:10.1016/s0035-9203(03)00040-3

American cutaneous leishmaniasis in two cats from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: first report of natural infection with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Mar;98(3):165-7. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)00040-3.

Authors

T M Schubach¹, F B Figueiredo, S A Pereira, M F Madeira, I B Santos, M V Andrade, T Cuzzi, M C Marzochi, A Schubach

Affiliation

¹ Serviço de Zoonoses, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas-FIOCRUZ, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. [email protected]

PMID: 15024926
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)00040-3

Abstract

We describe the isolation of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis from two female cats with American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The isolates were identified as L. (V.) braziliensis by isoenzyme electrophoresis.

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil / epidemiology
Cat Diseases / epidemiology*
Cat Diseases / parasitology
Cats
Disease Outbreaks / veterinary*
Female
Leishmania braziliensis / isolation & purification
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / epidemiology
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / veterinary*