dc.contributor.author | García, Nerea | |
dc.contributor.author | Moreno-Iruela, Inmaculada | |
dc.contributor.author | Álvarez, Julio | |
dc.contributor.author | de la Cruz, María Luisa | |
dc.contributor.author | Navarro, Alejandro | |
dc.contributor.author | Pérez-Sancho, Marta | |
dc.contributor.author | García-Seco, Teresa | |
dc.contributor.author | Rodríguez-Bertos, Antonio | |
dc.contributor.author | Conty, María Luisa | |
dc.contributor.author | Toraño, Alfredo | |
dc.contributor.author | Prieto, Antonio | |
dc.contributor.author | Domínguez, Lucas | |
dc.contributor.author | Dominguez-Rodriguez, Mercedes | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-01T07:56:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-01T07:56:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:318254. | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 2314-6133 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/10236 | |
dc.description.abstract | Leishmaniasis is one of the most important neglected zoonosis and remains endemic in at least 88 developing countries in the world. In addition, anthropogenic environmental changes in urban areas are leading to its emergency world wide. Zoonotic leishmaniasis control might only be achieved by an integrated approach targeting both the human host and the animal reservoirs, which in certain sylvatic cycles are yet to be identified. Recently, hares have been pointed out as competent reservoirs of Leishmania infantum in Spain, but the role of other lagomorphs has not been clarified. Here, 69 rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from a natural area in Madrid in which a high density was present were analyzed using indirect (immunofluorescence antibody test, IFAT) and direct (PCR, culture) techniques. Fifty-seven (82.6%) of the animals were positive to at least one technique, with IFAT yielding the highest proportion of positive samples. L. infantum was isolated in 13% animals demonstrating the occurrence of infection in this setting. Our results suggest that rabbits could play a role of competent reservoir of L. infantum and demonstrate that the prevalence of infection is high in the analyzed area. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors thank Raúl López, Gabriela Luz Torre, Ines de Cárdenas, S. Crespo, and A. B. Martín for their help in the collection and processing of samples. J. Alvarez received a Sara Borrell postdoctoral contract (CD11/00261, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación). This work is a contribution to the EU FP7 ANTIGONE Project (278976) and was partially supported by the program I+D “Vigilancia Sanitaria” from the Autonomous Community of Madrid. | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | Hindawi | es_ES |
dc.type.hasVersion | VoR | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject.mesh | Animals | es_ES |
dc.subject.mesh | Disease Outbreaks | es_ES |
dc.subject.mesh | Disease Reservoirs | es_ES |
dc.subject.mesh | Incidence | es_ES |
dc.subject.mesh | Leishmania infantum | es_ES |
dc.subject.mesh | Leishmaniasis, Visceral | es_ES |
dc.subject.mesh | Rabbits | es_ES |
dc.subject.mesh | Spain | es_ES |
dc.title | Evidence of Leishmania infantum infection in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in a natural area in Madrid, Spain | es_ES |
dc.type | journal article | es_ES |
dc.rights.license | Atribución 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.identifier.pubmedID | 24724079 | es_ES |
dc.format.volume | 2014 | es_ES |
dc.format.page | 318254 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1155/2014/318254 | es_ES |
dc.contributor.funder | Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (España) | |
dc.contributor.funder | Comunidad de Madrid (España) | |
dc.contributor.funder | Unión Europea. Comisión Europea. 7 Programa Marco | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Sí | es_ES |
dc.identifier.e-issn | 2314-6141 | es_ES |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/318254 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.journal | BioMed research international | es_ES |
dc.repisalud.centro | ISCIII::Centro Nacional de Microbiología | es_ES |
dc.repisalud.institucion | ISCIII | es_ES |
dc.relation.projectID | info:eu_repo/grantAgreement/ES/CD11/00261 | es_ES |
dc.relation.projectID | info:eu_repo/grantAgreement/ES/278976 | es_ES |
dc.rights.accessRights | open access | es_ES |