Title |
An atypical Toxoplasma gondii genotype in a rural Brazilian dog co-infected with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
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Published in |
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, April 2015
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DOI | 10.1590/0037-8682-0284-2014 |
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Authors |
Rodrigo Costa da Silva, Karen Caffaro, Carolina Lechinski Paula, Rafaela Mastrangelo Risseti, Helio Langoni, Jane Megid, Mariana Serrano Melanchauski, Katiane Lohn Souza, Regina Kiomi Takahira, Vânia Maria de Vasconcelos Machado |
Abstract |
Toxoplasmosis and leishmaniasis are two worldwide zoonoses caused by the protozoan parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Leishmania spp., respectively. This report describes the clinical and laboratorial findings of a co-infection with both parasites in a 4-year-old female dog suspected of ehrlichiosis that presented anemia, thrombocytopenia, hypoalbuminemia, hyperglobulinemia, tachyzoite-like structures to the lung imprints, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results positive for T. gondii (kidney, lung, and liver) and Leishmania spp. Co-infection with Toxoplasma gondii and Leishmania braziliensis was confirmed by sequencing; restriction fragment length polymorphism-polymerase chain reaction (RFLP-PCR) confirmed an atypical T. gondii genotype circulating in dogs that has been reported to cause human congenital toxoplasmosis. |
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