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Volume 31, Number 9—September 2025

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Emergence of Autochthonous Leishmania (Mundinia) martiniquensis Infections in Horses, Czech Republic and Austria, 2019–2023

David ModrýComments to Author , Edmund K. Hainisch, Hans-Peter Fuehrer, Edwin Kniha, Maria Sophia Unterköfler, Jovana Sádlová, Petr Jahn, Kristína Řeháková, Kamil Sedlák, and Jan Votýpka
Author affiliation: Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (D. Modrý); Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic (D. Modrý); Biology Centre of Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (D. Modrý, J. Votýpka); University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria (E. Hainisch, H.-P. Fuehrer, M.S. Unterköfler); Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (E.K. Kniha); Charles University, Prague (J. Sádlová, J. Votýpka); University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Brno (P. Jahn, K. Řeháková); State Veterinary Institute Prague, Prague (K. Sedlák)

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Cutaneous lesions during initial clinical examination and detection of Leishmania amastigotes from study of autochthonous Leishmania (Mundinia) martiniquensis infections in horses, Czech Republic and Austria, 2019–2023. A) Periorbital nodular lesions from case 1 (L. martiniquensis was cultured from a fine needle aspiration biopsy of the largest lesion, indicated by arrowhead); B) periorbital lesions in case 2; C) Leishmania amastigotes (indicated by arrowhead) in a stained smear from sample from case 1; D) lower eyelid lesion in case 3 (image by Christian Bernkopf); E) facial lesions in case 4 at the time of Leishmania detection; F) photograph of case 4 horse showing no recurrence 27 months later.

Figure 1. Cutaneous lesions during initial clinical examination and detection of Leishmania amastigotes from study of autochthonous Leishmania (Mundinia) martiniquensis infections in horses, Czech Republic and Austria, 2019–2023. A) Periorbital nodular lesions from case 1 (L. martiniquensis was cultured from a fine needle aspiration biopsy of the largest lesion, indicated by arrowhead); B) periorbital lesions in case 2; C) Leishmania amastigotes (indicated by arrowhead) in a stained smear from sample from case 1; D) lower eyelid lesion in case 3 (image by Christian Bernkopf); E) facial lesions in case 4 at the time of Leishmania detection; F) photograph of case 4 horse showing no recurrence 27 months later.

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