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| Title |
Conjunctival swab PCR to detect Leishmania spp. in cats
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| Published in |
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, June 2015
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| DOI | 10.1590/s1984-29612015016 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Trícia Maria Ferreira de Sousa Oliveira, Vanessa Figueredo Pereira, Graziella Ulbricht Benvenga, Maria Fernanda Alves Martin, Julia Cristina Benassi, Diogo Tiago da Silva, Wilma Aparecida Starke-Buzetti |
| Abstract |
The relevance of the dog as a source of visceral leishmaniasis infection is known, but the role of cats as reservoir hosts for leishmaniasis is not yet fully clear. This study assessed the efficacy of conjunctival swab PCR (CS-PCR) in the detection of cats infected by Leishmania spp. The results were seven (13.5%) cats positive for Leishmania spp. in the PCR, in 52 cats tested from Pirassunuga-SP and Ilha Solteira-SP. From the city of Pirassununga - SP 28.6% (2/7) were positive and from the city of Ilha Solteira - SP 11.1% (5/45) were positive. The results showed that CS-PCR was capable of detecting cats infected by this protozoan. Conjunctival swab samples proved easier to perform in cats, which might facilitate studies on the frequency and distribution of feline leishmaniasis. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 52 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 9 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Researcher | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 12 | 23% |
| Unknown | 12 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 19 | 36% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 16 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 July 2017.
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