Open AccessLeishmaniaspp. Epidemiology of Canine Leishmaniasis in the Yucatan Peninsula
Author(s) -
Ángeles López-Céspedes,
Silvia Stefánia Longoni,
Carlos H. Sauri-Arceo,
Manuel SánchezMoreno,
Roger Iván RodríguezVivas,
Francisco Javier Escobedo-Ortegón,
Mario Barrera-Pérez,
Manuel Emilio BolioGonzález,
Clotilde Marı́n
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the scientific world journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.453
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 2356-6140
pISSN - 1537-744X
DOI - 10.1100/2012/945871
Subject(s) - leishmania infantum , leishmaniasis , canine leishmaniasis , leishmania , parasite hosting , population , biology , superoxide dismutase , cutaneous leishmaniasis , antigen , yucatan peninsula , veterinary medicine , visceral leishmaniasis , immunology , medicine , ecology , enzyme , biochemistry , environmental health , world wide web , computer science
Canine Leishmaniasis is widespread in various Mexican states, where different species of Leishmania have been isolated from dogs. In the present study, we describe the detection of L. braziliensis, L. infantum, and L. mexicana in serum of dogs from the states of Yucatan and Quintana Roo in the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico). A total of 412 sera were analyzed by ELISA using the total extract of the parasite and the iron superoxide dismutase excreted by different trypanosomatids as antigens. We found the prevalence of L. braziliensis to be 7.52%, L. infantum to be 6.07%, and L. mexicana to be 20.63%, in the dog population studied. The results obtained with ELISA using iron superoxide dismutase as the antigen were confirmed by western blot analysis with its greater sensitivity, and the agreement between the two techniques was very high.
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