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      Alta prevalencia de infección por Leishmania (Kinetoplastidae: Trypanosomatidae) en perros del norte de Colombia Translated title: High prevalence of infection with Leishmania (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae) in dogs in northern Colombia

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          Introducción. Aunque el perro se considera el principal reservorio doméstico de Leishmania infantum en varios países de Latinoamérica, se desconocen las tasas de infección por parásitos del género Leishmania en perros de algunos focos de leishmaniasis visceral del norte de Colombia. Objetivo. Establecer las tasas de infección por Leishmania spp. en poblaciones caninas del departamento de Sucre en el norte de Colombia. Materiales y métodos. Se estudiaron perros de zonas rurales de los municipios de Sincelejo, Sampués y Ovejas. Los parásitos del género Leishmania se detectaron mediante la amplificación de un segmento de ADN de la subunidad ribosómica pequeña (rSSU). Se analizó la relación entre variables como sexo, grupos etarios y presencia de signos clínicos, respecto a la infección por Leishmania . Resultados. Se amplificó un fragmento de 561 pb de la rSSU de Leishmania spp. en 34,9 % (29/83), 35,7 % (15/42) y 11,1 % (1/9) de los perros analizados de Sincelejo, Sampués y Ovejas, respectivamente. La prevalencia total de infección por Leishmania spp. fue de 33,6 %. En dos perros de Sincelejo, dos de Sampués y uno de Ovejas, se obtuvo una banda de 650 pb, característica de parásitos del género Trypanosoma . El 64,2 % de los perros que mostraron al menos un signo clínico indicativo de leishmaniasis canina, fue positivo por PCR. Se halló una relación estadísticamente significativa entre los perros mayores de 33 meses de edad y el resultado positivo para Leishmania spp. (p=0,043). No se encontró relación entre el sexo del perro y el resultado positivo para Leishmania spp. (p=0,85) . Conclusión. Un tercio de la población canina analizada se encontró infectada con parásitos del género Leishmania , lo cual podría sustentar su posible papel como fuente de infección para el insecto vector.

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          Introduction: Although the dog is considered to be the main domestic reservoir of Leishmania infantum in several Latin American countries, the rate of infection with Leishmania parasites remains unknown in dogs from foci of visceral leishmaniasis of northern of Colombia. Objetive: To determine the prevalence of Leishmania infection in canine population from department of Sucre in northern Colombia. Materials and methods: The canine population of rural areas of the municipalities of Sincelejo, Sampués and Ovejas was studied. Parasites of the genus Leishmania were detected by amplifying a DNA segment of the small ribosomal subunit (rSSU). The relationship among sex, age group and clinical signs with infection by Leishmania was analyzed. Results: A 561 bp fragment of the Leishmania rSSU was amplified in 34.9% (29/83), 35.7% (15/42) and 11.1% (1/9) of the dogs analyzed from Sincelejo, Sampués and Ovejas, respectively. Overall prevalence of Leishmania infection was 33.6%. A 650 bp band, characteristic of parasites of the genus Trypanosoma, was amplified in two dogs from Sincelejo and Sampués and in one dog from Ovejas. The 64.2% of the dogs that showed clinical signs compatible with canine leishmaniasis, was PCRpositive. A statistically significant relationship was found between dogs over 33 months old and positivity to Leishmania (p=0.043). No relationship was observed between sex and positivity to Leishmania (p=0.85) . Conclusion: A third of the canine population studied is infected with Leishmania , which could support its potential role as a source of infection for the insect vector.

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          The role of dogs as reservoirs of Leishmania parasites, with emphasis on Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum and Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis.

          Leishmania parasites cause a group of diseases collectively known as leishmaniases. The primary hosts of Leishmania are sylvatic mammals of several orders (Rodentia, Marsupialia, Carnivora, etc.). Under certain circumstances, particularly in peridomestic and domestic transmission foci, synanthropic and domestic animals can act as source of infection for phlebotomine sand fly vectors. Dogs have long been implicated as the main domestic reservoirs of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum, the aetiological agent of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis, and there exists an increasing trend to regard dogs as the main domestic reservoirs of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, the most widespread aetiological agent of American tegumentary leishmaniasis. However, insights derived from recent research indicate that not dogs but humans are probably the most important domestic reservoirs of L. (V.) braziliensis. In the present article, the role of dogs as reservoirs of Leishmania parasites, with emphasis on L. (L.) infantum and L. (V.) braziliensis, is reviewed.
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            The sequence of the most variable part of the small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene, comprising 800 bases, was analysed for 9 Leishmania taxa and compared with those of Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi and Crithidia fasciculata. Considerable differences were observed between the sequence of the Leishmania taxa on the one hand and those of Crithidia and Trypanosoma on the other. Amongst the Leishmania taxa only a few point mutations were found, all located within 2 sequence blocks in the central part of the SSU rRNA gene, which are unique for Kinetoplastida. These unique sequences were used for the development of kinetoplastid-specific probes and a Leishmania-specific PCR assay of high sensitivity (less than 10 parasites could be detected). Based on the observed point-mutations an identification of the Leishmania parasites, according to complex, could be achieved by direct sequencing, restriction fragment analysis or single-stranded conformation polymorphism of the PCR-generated fragments.
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              Trypanosome infections in their natural hosts are frequently difficult to detect by microscopy, and culture methods are unreliable and not suitable for all species of Trypanosoma. A nested PCR strategy for detecting and identifying Trypanosoma species, suitable for detecting both known and unknown trypanosomes, is presented. Thirty-two blood samples from 23 species of Australian birds and mammals were screened by a nested PCR for the presence of Trypanosoma sp. ssrRNA. Three infections were detected, one in an eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), one in a common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) and one in a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). The kangaroo and wombat are new host records for Trypanosoma sp.; the platypus parasite was Trypanosoma hinneyi. The three parasites could be distinguished by restriction fragment length polymorphisms of the amplified fragment of the ssrRNA gene. The kangaroo and wombat parasites were also isolated in a semi-solid blood agar medium. The culture forms of the kangaroo trypanosome had an expanded flagellar sheath in which structures similar to hemidesmosomes were detected by EM. The nested PCR was at least as sensitive as culture, and analysis of the PCR products gave parasite-specific fingerprints. Therefore this method could be suitable for rapidly screening host animals for the presence of trypanosomes and identifying the infecting strain.
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                Journal
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                Biomédica
                Biomédica
                Instituto Nacional de Salud (Bogotá )
                0120-4157
                September 2013
                : 33
                : 3
                : 375-382
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidad de Sucre Colombia
                [2 ] SUE-Caribe Colombia
                Article
                S0120-41572013000300006
                10.7705/biomedica.v33i3.780
                24652173
                30f3d645-9d15-45b6-9a3b-b12119225a32

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                TROPICAL MEDICINE

                Infectious disease & Microbiology
                Leishmania,dogs,epidemiology,Colombia,perros,epidemiología
                Infectious disease & Microbiology
                Leishmania, dogs, epidemiology, Colombia, perros, epidemiología

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