Zoonotic Leishmaniasis, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

Leishmania infantum causes potentially life-threatening disease in humans. To determine the extent of the animal reservoir for this pathogen in Bosnia and Herzegovina, we tested dogs and cats. We found that a large proportion of dogs were exposed to or infected with L. infantum, indicating endemicity in dogs and zoonotic risk for humans.

Keywords

• Leishmania infantum
• leishmaniasis
• zoonoses
• parasites
• neglected diseases
• dogs