Marilene Suzan Marques Michalick

TL;DR: A straightforward and inexpensive immunohistochemical approach for Leishmania detection in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded canine tissues and results indicate that this technique could be a useful tool for epidemiological, clinical, and histopathological studies.

TL;DR: Investigation in dogs of the immunogenicity and protective immunity against Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi infection induced by vaccination with a formulation containing the recombinant A2 protein, an amastigote specific antigen, and saponin found it necessary to allow serological differentiation between vaccinated and infected animals.

TL;DR: Two controlled, double blind field trials of a non-living promastigote vaccine against New World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (NWCL) were conducted in 1981 and 1983 in Brazil and showed no significant differences between the vaccine and the placebo groups.

TL;DR: The results suggest that dogs naturally infected with L. infantum with higher total IgG and IgG2 concentrations and lower haematocrit levels were able to infect the highest proportion of L. longipalpis.

TL;DR: The results suggest that blood donors should be monitored periodically and rigorously for Leishmania infection, to prevent dissemination of the disease through blood transfusion.