Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 1969 · 88 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesVeterinary ParasitologyParasitologyProtozoologyVeterinary Parasitic DiseasesParasitic ZoonosesProtozoan PathogenesisProtozoan ZoonosesRodent ParasitologyWildlife ProtozoologyZoonotic Parasitic DiseasesDiagnostic Pathology Of ParasitesIntraperitoneal AdministrationLeishmaniasis In WildlifeLeishmaniasis PathogenesisLeishmaniasis PathologyVisceral LeishmaniasisWildlife Protozoan InfectionsZoonotic Protozoan Diseases
Leishmania donovani was isolated from 1 of 6 foxes (Cerdocyon thous L.) from the outskirts of Belém, Pará, Brazil. Isolation was by the intraperitoneal inoculation of hamsters with triturated kidney tissue, these animals showing a generalized visceral infection one month later. Histologically the kidney of the infected fox showed considerable pathological changes, but otherwise the animal appeared perfectly healthy. Kala-azar is only a sporadic disease of man and dogs in the forested regions of the North of Brazil and is probably a zoonosis among the wild animals.