Volume 31, Number 5—May 2025
Research Letter
Autochthonous Leishmania (Viannia) lainsoni in Dog, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, 2023
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Figure 1. Histologic sections from autochthonous Leishmania (Viannia) lainsoni in dog (Canis familiaris), Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, 2023. A, B) Skin of the examined dog: hyperkeratosis and moderate granulomatous infiltrate in the dermis are composed mainly of macrophages, with a smaller number of plasma cells and lymphocytes (A) and red-stained amastigotes in the cytoplasm of macrophages (arrows) (B). C, D) Spleen of the examined dog: lymphoid hyperplasia (C) and red-stained amastigotes in the cytoplasm of macrophages in the parenchyma (arrows) (D). A, C) Hematoxylin-eosin stain; B, D) immunohistochemistry. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.