Increasing incidence of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis on Crete, Greece

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jun;15(6):932-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1506.071666.

Abstract

To determine whether the incidence of canine leishmaniasis has increased on Crete, Greece, we fitted infection models to serodiagnostic records of 8,848 dog samples for 1990-2006. Models predicted that seroprevalence has increased 2.4% (95% confidence interval 1.61%-3.51%) per year and that incidence has increased 2.2- to 3.8-fold over this 17-year period.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Protozoan / blood*
  • Dog Diseases / diagnosis
  • Dog Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Dog Diseases / parasitology
  • Dogs
  • Greece / epidemiology
  • Incidence
  • Leishmania infantum* / immunology
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / epidemiology
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / veterinary*
  • Models, Biological
  • Zoonoses / epidemiology*
  • Zoonoses / parasitology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Protozoan