Babacar Faye, Bruno Bucheton, Anne Laure Bañuls, Massila Wagué Senghor, Abdoul Aziz Niang, Souleymane Diedhiou, Oumar Konaté, Michel Mainack Dione, Mallorie Hide, Sandra Mellul, Romy Knecht, Pascal Delaunay, Pierre Marty, Oumar Gaye
Whereas Leishmania infantum, the agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), is well known in North Africa, very limited data exist on its spread in West Africa, where mainly cutaneous leishmaniasis has been widely reported. Nevertheless, dogs infected with L. infantum were recently found in the Mont Rolland District in Senegal. To provide a better understanding of L. infantum epidemiology in this area, clinical and serological surveys were carried out to determine the seroprevalence of L. infantum-specific antibodies in the human population...
June 2011: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene