Table 1 |
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Leishmania species infecting dogs in South America. |
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| Species |
Disease form |
Suspected/proven vectorsa |
Geographical distribution |
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| L. amazonensis |
Visceral |
Unknown |
Brazil |
| L. braziliensis |
Cutaneous |
Lu. whitmani, among others |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela |
| L. colombiensis |
Visceral |
Unknown |
Venezuela |
| L. infantum |
Visceral |
Lu. longipalpis, Lu. evansi, Lu. youngi, among others |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guianab, Venezuela |
| L. mexicana |
Cutaneous |
Lu. ayachuchensis |
Ecuador |
| L. panamensis |
Cutaneous |
Lu. trapidoi |
Colombia, Ecuador |
| L. peruviana |
Cutaneous |
Lu. peruensis, Lu. verrucarum |
Peru |
| L. pifanoi |
Cutaneous |
Unknown |
Ecuador |
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a Lutzomyia spp. that have been suspected to be involved in the transmission of Leishmania spp. to dogs in South America. Further information on the phlebotomine sand flies have been implicated as vectors of Leishmania spp. in this region can be found elsewhere [15,23]. b Autochthonous transmission in French Guiana is uncertain (see text for details). |
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