Serological and molecular positivity for Leishmania infantum in dogs referred to two veterinary hospitals in Barcelona, Spain
Paula Corominas, Mireia Fernández, Clàudia Viñeta, Carles Blasi-Brugué, Gloria Pol, Olga Francino, Xavier Roura · 2026
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Paula Corominas, with six colleagues, details a 2026 study of a parasite in dogs seen at two Barcelona animal hospitals. Leishmania infantum spreads by sand fly bites, and dogs are the main home reservoir for human infection. Barcelona was long seen as low risk, yet city and fringe growth may change that.
From September 2022 to September 2023, 189 owned dogs gave blood and eye swabs for antibody and gene tests. Infection showed in 10.6 percent of dogs, and every positive dog was sick, none merely in for a check-up. Both tests agreed at the same overall rate. All gene-positive dogs came from the fringe hospital, where the rate hit 15.2 percent against 3.9 percent at the city site. The authors read this as active spread, stronger at the city edge.
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| CREATOR | Paula Corominas, Mireia Fernández, Clàudia Viñeta, Carles Blasi-Brugué, Gloria Pol, Olga Francino, Xavier Roura |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24736 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC0 |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |