Xenodiagnosis carried out with heparinized peripheral blood of immunosuppressed Leishmania infantum infected patients who attended the hospital for follow-up and prophylaxis or secondary treatment of
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Leishmaniasis is endemic to the Northern, Northeastern, Central-Western, and Southeastern regions of Brazil. We aimed to assess the epidemiological situation of leishmaniasis in
The aim of the present study was to quantify the parasite load ofLeishmania infantum in dogs using real-time PCR (qPCR). Bone marrow, lymph node and spleen samples were taken from 24 dogs serologicall