Leishmaniases

Fred R. Opperdoes opperdoes at trop.ucl.ac.be
Fri Feb 25 04:10:31 BRST 2000


>To Whom It May Concern:
>
>At the suggestion of a researcher on leishmania, I seek information and
>help.  I have read on the Internet the report dated 2/7/00 entitled "The
>Leishmania major Friedlin Genome Project".  I know of a particular
>situation in which a kennel of dogs has turned up a leishmaniases
>finding in three or four animals.  Symptoms exhibited by these dogs
>reflect accurately the symptoms described in most manuals for
>leishmaniases.  I know the disease is primarily a tropical disease
>transmitted by the sand fly.  Reported cases in the US are, as far as we
>know, confined to limited areas in the south.  Many, if not all, of
>these dogs have been to Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama (southern states)
>in the last three years.  I know the incubation period can vary from a
>few months to a few years.  The leishmaniases diagnosis has been made
>from blood tests and pathology at a leading university research
>laboratory.
>
>I know most work is confined to humans, but would appreciate any advice
>you can give regarding others to contact who might have knowledge of
>leishmaniases in dogs.  Specific questions include treatment and
>communicability (can leishmaniases be spread within a kennel absent sand
>flies?).
>
>Farnham Collins

Dear Farnham,
You should contact either Prof Jose Maria Alunda
<mailto:jmalunda at eucmax.sim.ucm.es> at the Facultad de Veterinaria,
Universidad Complutense,in Madrid, Spain, or Dr. Francis Vercammen
<mailto:fvercam at itg.be> at the Tropical Institute in Antwerp, Belgium, who
are both experts on leishmaniasis in dogs.

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Fred R. Opperdoes,
Research Unit for Tropical Diseases (TROP) and
Laboratory of Biochemistry (BCHM)
Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology (ICP)
and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
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