TY - JOUR
T1 - Vaccination against canine leishmaniasis in Brazil
AU - Dantas-Torres, Filipe
AU - Nogueira, Fábio dos Santos
AU - Menz, Ingrid
AU - Tabanez, Paulo
AU - da Silva, Sydnei Magno
AU - Ribeiro, Vitor Márcio
AU - Miró, Guadalupe
AU - Cardoso, Luís
AU - Petersen, Christine
AU - Baneth, Gad
AU - Oliva, Gaetano
AU - Solano-Gallego, Laia
AU - Ferrer, Lluís
AU - Pennisi, Maria Grazia
AU - Bourdeau, Patrick
AU - Maia, Carla
AU - Otranto, Domenico
AU - Gradoni, Luigi
AU - Courtenay, Orin
AU - Costa, Carlos Henrique Nery
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Prevention of canine Leishmania infantum infection is critical to management of visceral leishmaniasis in people living in endemic areas of Brazil. A bill (PL 1738/11), currently under consideration, proposes to establish a national vaccination policy against canine leishmaniasis in Brazil. However, there is no solid scientific evidence supporting the idea that this could reduce transmission from infected vaccinated dogs to sand flies to a level that would significantly reduce the risk of L. infantum infection or visceral leishmaniasis in humans. Thus, we advocate that insecticide-impregnated collars should the first line protective measure for public health purposes and that vaccines are applied on a case-by-case, optional basis for individual dog protection.
AB - Prevention of canine Leishmania infantum infection is critical to management of visceral leishmaniasis in people living in endemic areas of Brazil. A bill (PL 1738/11), currently under consideration, proposes to establish a national vaccination policy against canine leishmaniasis in Brazil. However, there is no solid scientific evidence supporting the idea that this could reduce transmission from infected vaccinated dogs to sand flies to a level that would significantly reduce the risk of L. infantum infection or visceral leishmaniasis in humans. Thus, we advocate that insecticide-impregnated collars should the first line protective measure for public health purposes and that vaccines are applied on a case-by-case, optional basis for individual dog protection.
KW - Leishmania
KW - Prevention
KW - Topical insecticides
KW - Vaccination
KW - Zoonosis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85081901217&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020751920300321?via%3Dihub
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.01.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 32126240
AN - SCOPUS:85081901217
SN - 0020-7519
VL - 50
SP - 171
EP - 176
JO - International Journal for Parasitology
JF - International Journal for Parasitology
IS - 3
ER -