FREQUÊNCIA DE LEISHMANIOSE VISCERAL EM CÃES ATENDIDOS NO HOSPITAL VETERINÁRIO DA UFPB

Abstract

In the last years, leishmaniasis has been gaining prominence in the national scenario, the cases previously restricted to the poor regions, are growing and affecting dogs and humans of large Brazilian cities, presenting a significant increase in the numbers of new cases in the various species. Currently, the greatest difficulty in veterinary medicine is given in diagnosis, since the disease can present itself in different ways, while there is no diagnostic test with 100% sensitivity and specificity. In this work a serological survey was carried out by means of rapid immunochromatography in 37 dogs from the city of Areia-PB and attended in the clinical routine of the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Paraíba (HV / UFPB), the animals were given by the clinical pathology laboratory Of the HV / UFPB and the information was taken from the database of the same, the positive dogs were submitted to ELISA and IFC (indirect immunochromatography) test used as confirmatory tests. In the screening test, two positive animals (5.4%) were diagnosed, but only one was confirmed in the confirmatory tests, representing 2.7%, the non-reactive sample in the confirmatory tests was considered false-positive, suggesting a cross-reaction with other infections .