Leishmaniose felina: revisão de literatura

• Autor(a) principal: Pirajá, Gabriela Villa [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Silva, Denise Theodoro da [UNESP], Peruca, Luciana Cristina Baldini, Alves, Maria Fernanda [UNESP], Paixão, Mirian dos Santos [UNESP], Lucheis, Simone Baldini [UNESP], Santos, Wesley José dos [UNESP], Guiraldi, Lívia Maísa [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://revistas.bvs-vet.org.br/rvz/article/view/17290; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/140937
• topic: Feline; Leishmaniasis; Seroprevalence; Treatment; Felino; Leishmaniosis; Seroprevalencia; Tratamiento; Felinos; Leishmaniose; Soroprevalência; Tratamento

Leishmaniases are a major public health problem, accounting for about 60 000 deaths and thousands of new cases every year around the world, performing in the forms mucocutaneous, cutaneous and visceral, the latter often fatal. In Brazil the North, Northeast, Midwest and Southeast are endemic, infecting various mammals, including domestic cats through the bite of female mosquitoes of the genus Lutzomyia, which presents great adaptation to the urban environment. Elucidate the epidemiology of the disease has been the aim of several studies because it has varied behaviors as characteristics of area and population. Although, cats are abble to be infected and direct contact with humans, their role in the epidemiology of leishmaniasis is still unclear, since these animals may be asymptomatic or have a disease associated with others diseases which cause immunosuppression, in addition they may have a natural resistance. The cutaneous form is the most reported in cats and they can presente uveitis, lymphadenopathy local or general, emesis, diarrhea, dehydration, stomatitis and anorexia. The diagnosis can be clinical, parasitological, immunological and molecular. The treatment is described in a few cases, with clinical reports ranging from complete success until euthanasia. Despite the existence of some studies investigating the prevalence of infection in populations of cats living in endemic areas, it is not clear if the low prevalence of infection and disease in cats from endemic areas, are due to failures in detecting antibodies or the fact of cats present natural resistance to leishmaniasis.