Anti-brucella canis antibodies in dogs naturally infected with leishmania infantum and associated histological alterations in the genital tract

• Autor(a) principal: Boechat, Viviane C.
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Pereira, Sandro A., Mendes Júnior, Artur A.V., Vicente, Acácia F. [UNESP], Megid, Jane [UNESP], Dasso, Maurício G., Rodrigues, Rogerio O., Miranda, Luciana F.C., Figueiredo, Fabiano B., Ferreira, Luiz C., Teles-De-freitas, Rayane, Bruno, Rafaela V., Menezes, Rodrigo C.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202120201682; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/222906
• topic: Canine brucellosis; Canine visceral leishmaniasis; Histopathology; PCR; Serology

In canine visceral leishmaniasis, coinfections can aggravate the disease. Our aim was to investigate Brucella canis in dogs infected with Leishmania infantum. One hundred and six L. infantum-seropositive dogs were submitted to serology for B. canis, PCR for B. canis and L. infantum, and histopathological analysis of the genital tract. Anti-B. canis antibodies were detected in seven dogs whose clinical signs, L. infantum load and histological alterations were similar to those of seronegative animals. The circulation of anti-B. canis antibodies was low but demonstrates the exposure of dogs to this bacterium in a visceral leishmaniasis-endemic area.