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First reported case of leishmaniasis in a cat in Trinidad and Tobago.
Pargass, Indira; Wint, Crystal; Suepaul, Rod; Frontera-Acevedo, Karelma; Qurollo, Barbara A.
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  • Pargass I; School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies (UWI), Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago. Electronic address: Indira.Pargass@sta.uwi.edu.
  • Wint C; Veterinary Teaching Hospital, North Central Regional Health Authority, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Suepaul R; School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies (UWI), Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Frontera-Acevedo K; School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies (UWI), Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Qurollo BA; Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, NC, USA.
Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports ; 42: 100896, 2023 07.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37321792
A 3-year-old, female, domestic shorthair cat, was presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), Trinidad and Tobago for a swollen nose, and multiple, variably sized small masses on both ears. The initial diagnostic tests included a CBC, serum biochemistry profile, cytological evaluation of masses on the ear and nose, and FeLV/FIV testing. The CBC and biochemistry results were unremarkable except for a hyperproteinaemia and hyperglobulinemia. Cytology of the nose and ear lesions revealed mixed inflammation and high numbers of intracellular and extracellular organisms consistent with Leishmania amastigotes. The cat was FeLV/FIV negative. Histopathology and Leishmania IFA and PCR analysis were subsequently performed, confirming the Leishmania diagnosis. The PCR, DNA sequencing and phylogenetic tree analyses identified L. amazonensis. This is the first reported case of L. amazonensis infection in a domestic animal in Trinidad with molecular characterization indicating it exists in the region and is likely being transmitted by sandflies.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doenças do Gato / Leishmaniose / Leishmania Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: Caribe ingles / Trinidad y tobago Idioma: En Revista: Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Holanda
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doenças do Gato / Leishmaniose / Leishmania Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: Caribe ingles / Trinidad y tobago Idioma: En Revista: Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Holanda