SHORT REPORT - LEISHMANIA-TROPICA - ETIOLOGIC AGENT OF A CASE OF CANINE VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN NORTHERN MOROCCO

Authors
GUESSOUSIDRISSI N BERRAG B RIYAD M SAHIBI H BICHICHI M RHALEM A
Citation
N. Guessousidrissi et al., SHORT REPORT - LEISHMANIA-TROPICA - ETIOLOGIC AGENT OF A CASE OF CANINE VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN NORTHERN MOROCCO, The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 57(2), 1997, pp. 172-173
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Tropical Medicine
Journal title
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029637
Volume
57
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
172 - 173
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9637(1997)57:2<172:SR-L-E>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The domestic dog has been previously demonstrated to be the reservoir of Leishmania infantum, the etiologic agent of human visceral leishman iasis around the Mediterranean Basin. It can also be infected with L. tropica, the etiologic agent of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Morocco. We report a canine L. tropica visceral infection for the f irst time in Morocco.