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Canine vector-borne diseases in Brazil
Canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) are highly prevalent in Brazil and represent a challenge to veterinarians and public health workers, since some diseases are of great zoonotic potential. Dogs are affected by many protozoa (e.g., Babesia vogeli, Leishmania infantum, and Trypanosoma cruzi), bacter...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2533296/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18691408 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-1-25 |
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author | Dantas-Torres, Filipe |
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description | Canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) are highly prevalent in Brazil and represent a challenge to veterinarians and public health workers, since some diseases are of great zoonotic potential. Dogs are affected by many protozoa (e.g., Babesia vogeli, Leishmania infantum, and Trypanosoma cruzi), bacteria (e.g., Anaplasma platys and Ehrlichia canis), and helminths (e.g., Dirofilaria immitis and Dipylidium caninum) that are transmitted by a diverse range of arthropod vectors, including ticks, fleas, lice, triatomines, mosquitoes, tabanids, and phlebotomine sand flies. This article focuses on several aspects (etiology, transmission, distribution, prevalence, risk factors, diagnosis, control, prevention, and public health significance) of CVBDs in Brazil and discusses research gaps to be addressed in future studies. |
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spelling | pubmed-25332962008-09-11 Canine vector-borne diseases in Brazil Dantas-Torres, Filipe Parasit Vectors Review Canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) are highly prevalent in Brazil and represent a challenge to veterinarians and public health workers, since some diseases are of great zoonotic potential. Dogs are affected by many protozoa (e.g., Babesia vogeli, Leishmania infantum, and Trypanosoma cruzi), bacteria (e.g., Anaplasma platys and Ehrlichia canis), and helminths (e.g., Dirofilaria immitis and Dipylidium caninum) that are transmitted by a diverse range of arthropod vectors, including ticks, fleas, lice, triatomines, mosquitoes, tabanids, and phlebotomine sand flies. This article focuses on several aspects (etiology, transmission, distribution, prevalence, risk factors, diagnosis, control, prevention, and public health significance) of CVBDs in Brazil and discusses research gaps to be addressed in future studies. BioMed Central 2008-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2533296/ /pubmed/18691408 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-1-25 Text en Copyright © 2008 Dantas-Torres; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Dantas-Torres, Filipe Canine vector-borne diseases in Brazil |
title | Canine vector-borne diseases in Brazil |
title_full | Canine vector-borne diseases in Brazil |
title_fullStr | Canine vector-borne diseases in Brazil |
title_full_unstemmed | Canine vector-borne diseases in Brazil |
title_short | Canine vector-borne diseases in Brazil |
title_sort | canine vector-borne diseases in brazil |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2533296/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18691408 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-1-25 |
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