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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. 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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Overview of detected cases in study of autochthonous Leishmania (Mundinia) martiniquensis infections in horses, Czech Republic and Austria, 2019–2023*

Case no. Geographic origin and time of first diagnostics Lesion localization Methods of leishmania detection
1 Olomouc district, Czech Republic, May 2019 Periorbitally above the left eye Cytology, cultivation, ITS1 PCR
2 Pardubice district, Czech Republic, May 2021 Periorbitally under the right eye Cytology, cultivation, ITS1 PCR
3 Styria, Graz-Umgebung district., Austria, May 2021 Lower eyelid Cytology, histology, ITS1 and 18SrDNA PCR
4 Ústí nad Labem district, Czech Republic, Jan 2023 Periorbitally around left canthus rostratus and on conjunctiva of the left eye Cytology, ITS1 PCR

*ITS, internal transcribed spacer.

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