20.500.12556/RUL-132098 Canine leishmaniasis prevalence in the Slovenian dog population Abstract Introduction: Leishmaniasis is a life-threatening zoonosis of which dogs are the major reservoir and sandflies are the vectors. Until now, the prevalence of canine leishmaniasis (CanL) in the Slovenian dog population was unknown. Material and Methods: Epidemiological data, eye swabs and blood samples were taken from 465 dogs born in Slovenia and older than one year. Commercial ELISA kits and real-time PCR were used. For ELISA-positive samples, an immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT) was performed. Descriptive statistics were used to characterise the samples. The one-sample nonparametric chi-square test was used to test whether the categories of a variable were equally distributed. Results: A 59.9% proportion of the recruited dogs had travelled to endemic regions and 62.1% of them had not been protected by insect repellents. Skin symptoms that might be CanL-related were described in 109 of the dogs’ histories (23.4%), inappetence and/or weight loss in 25 (5.4%), and anaemia, intermittent fever, and/or lymphadenopathy in 19 (4.1%). At the time of recruitment, all dogs were asymptomatic. All samples were PCR negative, nine (1.9%) were ELISA positive, but none were IFAT positive. Five of the nine ELISA-positive dogs were non-travellers. Conclusion: We conclude that the seroprevalence of canine leishmaniasis of 1.9 % in the autochthonous Slovenian dog population may pose a risk of endemic spread of the disease. canine leishmaniasis CanL prevalence vector-borne diseases dogs. true false true Angleški jezik Ni določen Članek v reviji 2021-10-12 13:52:36 2021-10-12 13:52:36 2022-09-12 04:11:02 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 Str. 161-167 no. 2 Vol. 65 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2020-11-27 2021-05-10 2021-05-31 636.09 2450-7393 10.2478/jvetres-2021-0028 66852611 RAZ_Kotnik_Tina_2021.pdf RAZ_Kotnik_Tina_2021.pdf 1 0873E8027E8694172384AA557E369F10 fe9902f97257f512d6f9b5b8ace226c51642fb0832ac1a718b109cc09aca67c9 adc4a7a9-2ce3-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=149705 https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/jvetres-2021-0028 1 e604163e-2b52-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=149621 Veterinarska fakulteta Medicinska fakulteta 0 0 0