Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: In Croatia, canine leishmaniosis has been recognized in the southern littoral area (Dalmatia) as a reemerging disease since 1997.This paper reports the fi ndings of a survey carried out 2.5 years after the suspension of control measures for canine leishmaniosis.Entomological and cross-sectional serological surveys were carried out in the Kaštela municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County (where stable foci of canine leishmaniosis were reported previously), and in a few localities from the Šibenik-Knin county where a few unstable foci were previously reported.Serological surveys detected a focus with 31% seropositive dogs in Rudine (the known enzootic area); a tendency for a new stable focus appearance in the Šibenik-Knin County (Rogoznica), with cumulative seropositivity of 13.5% in both areas.Entomological studies evidenced two competent Leishmania vectors, Phlebotomus neglectus and P. tobbi; the fi rst was prevalent (75.9%) being also the species much more associated to habitats where dogs are present.Moreover, prevalence for P. neglectus females feeding on human blood reached 30%.
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: European Commission
OpenAlex ID: W2145979276