First record of Leishmaniasis in wild Jaguars (Panthera onca) from Mexico

• Zarza, Heliot ^[1] ; Arias-Alzate, Andrés ^[2] ; González-Maya, José F. ^[4] ; Chávez, Cuauhtémoc ^[1] ; Ceballos, Gerardo ^[3]
  1. [1] Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

     Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

     México

     
  2. [2] Universidad de Antioquia

     Universidad de Antioquia

     Colombia

     
  3. [3] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

     Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

     México

     
  4. [4] Proyecto de Conservación de Aguas y Tierras, ProCAT Colombia/Internacional

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• Localización: Mammalogy Notes, ISSN 2382-3704, Vol. 2, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 11-12
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease and parasitic zoonosis that occurs worldwide (i.e., Latin America, Africa and Eurasian countries; Desjeux 2005, Dahroug et al. 2010, 2011, Otranto et al. 2013). It is caused by parasitic kinetoplastids of the Leishmania genus transmitted by arthropod vectors (i.e. sandflies such as Lutzomyia spp.) and presents a great diversity of clinical profiles, depending on the affected areas (Otranto et al. 2013). This disease mainly affects humans and wild carnivoran species, mostly canids, with dogs as major reservoir hosts (Deane & Deane 1954, Silva et al. 2000, Figueiredo et al. 2008, Dantas-Torres et al. 2012). Even though domestic and wild felids are unusual reservoirs, and rarely develop the disease, several studies suggest that these species may play an important role in the epidemiology of the disease (Poli et al. 2002, Maia et al. 2008, Nasereddin et al. 2008, Dantas-Torres et al. 2012). Here we report the first record of a clinical manifestation of Leishmaniasis disease in a wild Jaguar (Panthera onca) in Quintana Roo, Mexico.