Cargando…

Canine Leishmaniasis: Serological Results in Private and Kennel Dogs Tested over a Six-Year Period (2009–2014) in Abruzzo and Molise Regions, Italy

This paper reports the results of serological tests for the detection of antibodies against Leishmania spp. in Abruzzo and Molise regions from 2009 to 2014, with the aim of evaluating the presence and distribution of canine leishmaniasis. Data were extracted from the Laboratory Information Managemen...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: De Massis, Fabrizio, Ippoliti, Carla, Iannetti, Simona, Tittarelli, Manuela, Pelini, Sandro, Giansante, Daniele, Ciarrocchi, Aurora
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7760458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33271977
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8121915
_version_ 1783627337618685952
author De Massis, Fabrizio
Ippoliti, Carla
Iannetti, Simona
Tittarelli, Manuela
Pelini, Sandro
Giansante, Daniele
Ciarrocchi, Aurora
author_facet De Massis, Fabrizio
Ippoliti, Carla
Iannetti, Simona
Tittarelli, Manuela
Pelini, Sandro
Giansante, Daniele
Ciarrocchi, Aurora
author_sort De Massis, Fabrizio
collection PubMed
description This paper reports the results of serological tests for the detection of antibodies against Leishmania spp. in Abruzzo and Molise regions from 2009 to 2014, with the aim of evaluating the presence and distribution of canine leishmaniasis. Data were extracted from the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale of Abruzzo and Molise, and then the dog identification numbers were matched with those stored in the Canine Registries of the two regions to get information about the age of dogs at time of testing. Dogs were considered positive when having an IFAT (Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Test) titer ≥1:80. In total, 41,631 dogs were tested, 85.3% from Abruzzo and 14.7% from Molise. At the provincial level, the percentage of positive dogs ranged from 5.2% (L’Aquila, Abruzzo region) to 21.8% (Campobasso, Molise region). Findings are consistent with the hypothesis that in the coastal areas, the relationships between the host, the vector, and the agent are more favorable for the spreading of CanL, and it seems that densely populated urban internal areas have less favorable conditions. Being a dog hosted in a kennel seems not to be a factor increasing the probability that dogs show positivity, even in long-term sheltering conditions.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7760458
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-77604582020-12-26 Canine Leishmaniasis: Serological Results in Private and Kennel Dogs Tested over a Six-Year Period (2009–2014) in Abruzzo and Molise Regions, Italy De Massis, Fabrizio Ippoliti, Carla Iannetti, Simona Tittarelli, Manuela Pelini, Sandro Giansante, Daniele Ciarrocchi, Aurora Microorganisms Article This paper reports the results of serological tests for the detection of antibodies against Leishmania spp. in Abruzzo and Molise regions from 2009 to 2014, with the aim of evaluating the presence and distribution of canine leishmaniasis. Data were extracted from the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale of Abruzzo and Molise, and then the dog identification numbers were matched with those stored in the Canine Registries of the two regions to get information about the age of dogs at time of testing. Dogs were considered positive when having an IFAT (Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Test) titer ≥1:80. In total, 41,631 dogs were tested, 85.3% from Abruzzo and 14.7% from Molise. At the provincial level, the percentage of positive dogs ranged from 5.2% (L’Aquila, Abruzzo region) to 21.8% (Campobasso, Molise region). Findings are consistent with the hypothesis that in the coastal areas, the relationships between the host, the vector, and the agent are more favorable for the spreading of CanL, and it seems that densely populated urban internal areas have less favorable conditions. Being a dog hosted in a kennel seems not to be a factor increasing the probability that dogs show positivity, even in long-term sheltering conditions. MDPI 2020-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7760458/ /pubmed/33271977 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8121915 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
De Massis, Fabrizio
Ippoliti, Carla
Iannetti, Simona
Tittarelli, Manuela
Pelini, Sandro
Giansante, Daniele
Ciarrocchi, Aurora
Canine Leishmaniasis: Serological Results in Private and Kennel Dogs Tested over a Six-Year Period (2009–2014) in Abruzzo and Molise Regions, Italy
title Canine Leishmaniasis: Serological Results in Private and Kennel Dogs Tested over a Six-Year Period (2009–2014) in Abruzzo and Molise Regions, Italy
title_full Canine Leishmaniasis: Serological Results in Private and Kennel Dogs Tested over a Six-Year Period (2009–2014) in Abruzzo and Molise Regions, Italy
title_fullStr Canine Leishmaniasis: Serological Results in Private and Kennel Dogs Tested over a Six-Year Period (2009–2014) in Abruzzo and Molise Regions, Italy
title_full_unstemmed Canine Leishmaniasis: Serological Results in Private and Kennel Dogs Tested over a Six-Year Period (2009–2014) in Abruzzo and Molise Regions, Italy
title_short Canine Leishmaniasis: Serological Results in Private and Kennel Dogs Tested over a Six-Year Period (2009–2014) in Abruzzo and Molise Regions, Italy
title_sort canine leishmaniasis: serological results in private and kennel dogs tested over a six-year period (2009–2014) in abruzzo and molise regions, italy
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7760458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33271977
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8121915
work_keys_str_mv AT demassisfabrizio canineleishmaniasisserologicalresultsinprivateandkenneldogstestedoverasixyearperiod20092014inabruzzoandmoliseregionsitaly
AT ippoliticarla canineleishmaniasisserologicalresultsinprivateandkenneldogstestedoverasixyearperiod20092014inabruzzoandmoliseregionsitaly
AT iannettisimona canineleishmaniasisserologicalresultsinprivateandkenneldogstestedoverasixyearperiod20092014inabruzzoandmoliseregionsitaly
AT tittarellimanuela canineleishmaniasisserologicalresultsinprivateandkenneldogstestedoverasixyearperiod20092014inabruzzoandmoliseregionsitaly
AT pelinisandro canineleishmaniasisserologicalresultsinprivateandkenneldogstestedoverasixyearperiod20092014inabruzzoandmoliseregionsitaly
AT giansantedaniele canineleishmaniasisserologicalresultsinprivateandkenneldogstestedoverasixyearperiod20092014inabruzzoandmoliseregionsitaly
AT ciarrocchiaurora canineleishmaniasisserologicalresultsinprivateandkenneldogstestedoverasixyearperiod20092014inabruzzoandmoliseregionsitaly