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Is leishmaniosis widespread in Spain?. First data on canine leishmaniosis in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, norheast Spain
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Canine leishmaniasis (CanL) is a widespread disease present in 42 countries. It is considered of epidemiological importance because of its role as a reservoir of human leishmaniasis. Knowledge of the real distribution of CanL and its emergence and/or re-emergence is of great importance in order to determine the extension of the disease. This work reports the detection of CanL in a farm dog located in a Pyrenean area of northwest Catalonia (Spain) where the disease was previously unknown. Since the dog had never left the region and sandfly vectors, Phlebotomus ariasi and P. perniciosus, were present in the farm the case is considered as autochthonous and is the first to be published in this region of Spain.
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BALLART FERRER, J. Cristina, et al. Is leishmaniosis widespread in Spain?. First data on canine leishmaniosis in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, norheast Spain. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2012. Vol. 106, num. 2, pags. 134-136. ISSN 0035-9203. [consulted: 12 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/225592