Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2010)

Leishmania tropica Infection in Golden Jackals and Red Foxes, Israel

  • Dalit Talmi-Frank,
  • Noa Kedem-Vaanunu,
  • Roni King,
  • Gila Kahila Bar-Gal,
  • Nir Edery,
  • Charles L. Jaffe,
  • Gad Baneth

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.100953
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 12
pp. 1973 – 1975

Abstract

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During a survey of wild canids, internal transcribed spacer 1 real-time PCR and high-resolution melt analysis identified Leishmania tropica in samples from jackals and foxes. Infection was most prevalent in ear and spleen samples. Jackals and foxes may play a role in the spread of zoonotic L. tropica.

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