First detection of Leishmania major in dogs living in an endemic area of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tunisia
To our knowledge, this is the first report of L. major-positive dogs in Tunisia, the epidemiological role of which remains under investigation.
Authors
- Gætano Oliva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2949-5479)
- Laura Rinaldi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0975-2052)
- Aïda Bouratbine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7049-7030)
- Ines Balestrino
- Valentina Foglia Manzillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0276-5181)
- Manuela Gizzarelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3362-5395)
- Maria Paola Maurelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7564-3356)
- Nour El Houda Ben Fayala
- Lilia Zribi
- Hamdi Noureddine
- Karim Aoun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6081-4266)
Institutions
- Institut Pasteur de Tunis (TN)
- Ministry of Agriculture (TN)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Parasites & Vectors
- Published
- 2024-08-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06395-2
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.63