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Among 77 dogs studied, 10 (13%) were found infected with <jats:italic>Leishmania<\/jats:italic> spp. In seven dogs and two humans, the infecting species was typed as <jats:italic>Leishmania<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>Leishmania<\/jats:italic>) <jats:italic>infantum<\/jats:italic>. The same genotype was detected in the human and two of the CanL. Although several diagnostic methods displayed weak or moderate agreement, the concordance values for serology versus maxicircle PCR were very good (Kappa index = 0.84). Sandflies captured in the area were identified as <jats:italic>Lutzomyia migonei<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Lu. cortelezzii<\/jats:italic>\/<jats:italic>Lu. sallesi<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>cortelezzii<\/jats:italic> complex). The focal appearance of leishmaniasis in dogs and humans in a sylvatic region and its relatively low prevalence of infection suggests that <jats:italic>L.<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>L.<\/jats:italic>) <jats:italic>infantum<\/jats:italic> transmission to dogs and humans may, in this region, stem from sylvatic reservoirs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.14-0267","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,6,10]],"date-time":"2015-06-10T13:03:20Z","timestamp":1433941400000},"page":"334-339","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Visceral Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum in Salta, Argentina: Possible Reservoirs and Vectors"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"93","author":[{"given":"Paola A.","family":"Barroso","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jorge D.","family":"Marco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fabricio M.","family":"Locatelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rub\u00e9n M.","family":"Cardozo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Carlos L.","family":"Hoyos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mar\u00eda C.","family":"Mora","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mar\u00eda F.","family":"Garc\u00eda Bustos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"In\u00e9s","family":"L\u00f3pez-Quiroga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tatsuyuki","family":"Mimori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alberto G.","family":"Gentile","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alejandra B.","family":"Barrio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Masataka","family":"Korenaga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yoshihisha","family":"Hashiguchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Miguel A.","family":"Basombr\u00edo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"2795","reference":[{"key":"R1","series-title":"Vet Parasitol","first-page":"233","article-title":"Visceral leishmaniasis in zoo and wildlife","volume":"200","author":"Souza","year":"2014"},{"key":"R2","series-title":"Trends Parasitol","first-page":"324","article-title":"Canine leishmaniosis-new concepts and insights on an expanding zoonosis","volume":"24","author":"Baneth","year":"2008"},{"key":"R3","series-title":"Parasitology","first-page":"143","article-title":"Epidemiology of canine leishmaniasis: transmission rates estimated from a cohort study in Amazon Brazil","volume":"115","author":"Quinnel","year":"1997"},{"key":"R4","series-title":"Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz","first-page":"109","article-title":"First visceral leishmaniasis focus in Argentina","volume":"103","author":"Salom\u00f3n","year":"2008"},{"key":"R5","series-title":"Anim Biol","first-page":"131","article-title":"Outbreaks of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Argentina","volume":"9","author":"Basombr\u00edo","year":"2000"},{"key":"R6","series-title":"Am J Trop Med Hyg","first-page":"606","article-title":"Species assignation of Leishmania from human and canine American tegumentary leishmaniasis cases by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis in northern Argentina","volume":"72","author":"Marco","year":"2005"},{"key":"R7","series-title":"Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz","first-page":"649","article-title":"Force of infection an evolution of lesions of canine tegumentary leishmaniasis in northwestern Argentina","volume":"96","author":"Marco","year":"2001"},{"key":"R8","series-title":"Vet Parasitol","first-page":"1","article-title":"Canine infection and the possible role of dogs in the transmission of American tegumentary leishmaniasis in Salta, Argentina","volume":"110","author":"Padilla","year":"2002"},{"key":"R9","series-title":"Vet J","first-page":"331","article-title":"Can spleen aspirates be safely used for the parasitological diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis? 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