Canine Leishmaniasis in Brazil: Serological Follow-Up of a Dog Population in an Endemic Area of American Visceral Leishmaniasis

Table 2

Serological, clinical, and parasitological profiles of Leishmania (i.) chagasi infection in dogs. Description of the symptoms of the positive dogs and correlation with IFA, WB, and presence of parasites.

Dogs 𝑛^∘	Clinical status	IFA	WB		Presence of parasites
			29/32	68.5	Ear skin	Abdominal skin	liver	spleen	Lymph nodes	Ascitic liquid
18	Apathy, weight loss, hepatosplenomegaly onychogryphosis	1280	+	+	++	++	++	++	++	−
21	Apathy, weight loss, lymphadenopathy	320	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	−
26	Apathy, weight loss,	1280	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	−
28	Apathy, weight loss, hepatosplenomegaly lymphadenopath, ascitis.	1280	+	+	++	++	++	++	++	++

IFA: indirect immunofluorescent assay; WB: western blot.