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[Carlos Brisola Marcondes]

As can be seen in Young & Perkins [Mosquito News, 44(2):263-304, 1984),
there are many species of sandflies in US, and some hunting dogs were found
with visceral leishmaniasis in a kennel near Oklahoma City, with
transmission occurring at this place.
   So, it some positive dog is introduced in some regions of US, there could
be transmission, and foreign dogs must be examined.

Best wishes,
prof. dr. Carlos Brisola Marcondes
Depto Microb. Paras./CCB
Univ. Fed. Sta Catarina- Campus Trindade
88040-900 Florianópolis (SC)
Brazil

At 22:06 16/11/98 -0200, you wrote:
>>how You can guarantee that he will not transmit leishmania to sandflies?
>     I live in the United States, and it was my understanding that the 
>necessary species of sandflies did not exist in North America.
>     If the main concern in endemic areas is to eliminate the reservoir from 
>posing a human health risk, why are dogs being treated at all?
>
>Deb Quaka and my 4-legged friends
>"The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties 
>of this earth can ever be."  Konrad Lorenz
>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6125
>
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