Publications by authors named "Jairo Torres Magalhaes"
Vet Parasitol
October 2016
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how the parasite load in naturally infected dogs correlates with their ability to infect Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies, which transmit visceral leishmaniasis.
- No significant differences in parasite load were found based on the clinical manifestations of the dogs, yet nearly half of the infected dogs were still able to infect the sand flies.
- Higher parasite loads in the blood and skin of dogs were positively correlated with the infectiousness to the sand fly vector and the subsequent parasitic load found in the sand flies after feeding.
