Feline leishmaniosis in the Mediterranean Basin: a multicenter study
This study provides, for the first time, a large-scale epidemiological survey on FeL and its clinical presentation, revealing that L. infantum circulates among domestic cats, especially shelter/free-roaming and FIV-infected animals, living in CanL endemic countries of the Mediterranean Basin.
Authors
- Mariaelisa Carbonara
- Giovanni Benelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8971-6010)
- Ana Montoya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1911-8642)
- Clara Lima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2490-1570)
- Nicola Decaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6348-7969)
- Guadalupe Miró (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0981-2470)
- Gad Baneth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7549-1305)
- Émilie Bouhsira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3580-3458)
- Bettina Schunack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4228-6177)
- Yaarit Nachum‐Biala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7336-4698)
- Elias Papadopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2564-5203)
- Roberta Iatta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2386-8542)
- Jairo Alfonso Mendoza‐Roldan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9787-932X)
- Domenico Otranto
Institutions
- University of Pisa (IT)
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- City University of Hong Kong (HK)
- École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (FR)
- Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (FR)
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Parasites & Vectors
- Published
- 2024-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06419-x
- Citations
- 15
- Primary Topic
- Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.14
Funders
- Elanco Animal Health