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SUMMARY:Zoonotic leishmaniosis: don’t put the blame on dogs only - Profe
 ssor Emanuele Brianti\, Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie\, University o
 f Messina
DTSTART:20170125T160000Z
DTEND:20170125T170000Z
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CONTACT:Fiona Roby
DESCRIPTION:Leishmaniosis is a zoonotic vector-borne disease caused by pro
 tozoa of the genus Leishmania. The disease is transmitted by the bite of p
 hlebotomine sand flies which act as biological vectors. In Europe\, the sa
 me species\, namely L. infantum\, is the agent of canine and human leishma
 niosis. Although regarded for long time as tropical or sub-tropical diseas
 es\, leishmaniosis has been endemic for long time in southern Europe\, and
  is now spreading northwards. Dogs are considered the main reservoir for h
 uman infections but other new reservoirs have recently been suspected. Cat
 s living in endemic areas may display\, indeed\, similar percentage of inf
 ection of dogs and their infectivity to sand flies have been largely demon
 strated. Wild animals may also contribute to the spreading of the disease 
 and have been incriminated as main reservoirs of recent epidemic outbreak 
 of human leishmaniosis in Spain. The speech will review the current unders
 tanding of zoonotic leishmaniosis in Europe and will put forward the hypot
 hesis of animal reservoirs other than dogs.\n\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 2\, Department of Veterinary Medicine
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