[Leish-l] L.donovani in dogs?

[Mohammad Shafiul Alam]

Dear All,

I think Dr. Anuradha's observation is important. In rural Bangladesh you will find mostly stray dogs. Our vector P. argentipes although preferably zoophilic I have never seen any report on its preference to canine blood. I'm missing the link here! In India and Bangladesh it was cattle to be the preferred host of P. argentipes. During our investigation with cattle's blood we found antibody (rK39 and DAT) but did not get any parasite (PCR) (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/7/27). However, there is a report from Nepal where L. donovani was found in cows, buffaloes and even in goats (PCR). I believe still we are far to establish an animal reservoir for VL in Indian subcontinent.

Shafiul

Mohammad Shafiul Alam
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From: leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br [mailto:leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br] On Behalf Of Anuradha Dube
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:55 PM
To: Syamal Roy; jeffrey shaw
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Subject: Re: [Leish-l] L.donovani in dogs?

Dear Syamal

I have tried to develop dog as a model for L. donovani ( Dd8 strain) while I was working on monkey model in late nineties. I have infected stray dogs but none were found positive on day 30 p.i.

Anuradha

ANURADHA DUBE, Ph.D
Chief Scientist (Scientist G) ,
Leishmania laboratory, Division of Parasitology
Central Drug Research Institute
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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:35:37 +0530
From: sroy at iicb.res.in
To: jayusp at hotmail.com
CC: leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br
Subject: Re: [Leish-l] L.donovani in dogs?
Dear Steve
Dear Jeff:
The information seems interesting. I do not know any such information about VL in dogs in India. India and Bangladesh border is porous  and I would assume that may be there are cases of VL infected dogs in India as well. How authentic this information is? Do they have any data? May I have it?
Best
Syamal

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 6:46 AM, jeffrey shaw <jayusp at hotmail.com<mailto:jayusp at hotmail.com>> wrote:
Steve Reed  says:
"I am in Bangladesh...they think they have L donovani in dogs here Is that the case in China? Or elsewhere?"


Does anybody know of a bone fide ID of donovani in dogs?


Jeff


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