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Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020
Dispatch

Leishmania infantum in Tigers and Sand Flies from a Leishmaniasis-Endemic Area, Southern Italy

Roberta Iatta, Andrea Zatelli, Pietro Laricchiuta, Matteo Legrottaglie, David Modry, Filipe Dantas-Torres, and Domenico OtrantoComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Bari, Bari, Italy (R. Iatta, A. Zatelli, F. Dantas-Torres, D. Modry, D. Otranto); Zoo Safari di Fasano, Brindisi, Italy (P. Laricchiuta, M. Legrottaglie); University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic (D. Modry); Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic (D. Modry); Masaryk University, Brno (D. Modry); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Recife, Brazil (F. Dantas-Torres); Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran (D. Otranto).

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Table 1

Serologic and molecular results for Leishmania infantum in 20 tigers, southern Italy*

Month of sample collection Case no. Age, y/sex Weight, kg IFAT/Ab titer qPCR results
PB LN CS NS OS SPB
March 1 7/F 150 1:160 + +
April 2 6/M 160 1:80 NT
April 3 7/M 220 1:80
April 4 8/M 210 1:80 NT + +
April 5 7/M 220
April 6 9/F 150
May 7 2/F 135 1:640 + + +
May 8 2/M 180 NT
May 9 2/F 150 1:40 + + +
May 10 2/M 170 1:40 + + + +
May 11 8/F 190 1:40
May 12 6/M 220
May 13 7/F 160
May 14 11/F 120
June 15 1/M 130
June 16 1/F 110
June 17 7/F 150 1:80
June 18 0.5/F 70
June 19 0.5/F 70
June 20 0.5/F 70

*Ab, antibody; CS, conjunctival swab; IFAT, immunofluorescence antibody test; LN, lymph node; NS, nasal swab; NT, not tested; OS, oral swab; PB, peripheral blood; qPCR, quantitative PCR; SPB, skin punch biopsy; –, negative; +, positive.

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