TY - JOUR AU - Medeiros-Silva, Viviane AU - Gurgel-Gonçalves, Rodrigo AU - Nitz, Nadjar AU - Morales, Lucia Emilia D’ Anduraim AU - Cruz, Laurício Monteiro AU - Sobral, Isabele Gonçalves AU - Boité, Mariana Côrtes AU - Ferreira, Gabriel Eduardo Melim AU - Cupolillo, Elisa AU - Romero, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra PY - 2015 DA - 2015/10/09 TI - Successful isolation of Leishmania infantum from Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from naturally infected dogs JO - BMC Veterinary Research SP - 258 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - The main transmission route of Leishmania infantum is through the bites of sand flies. However, alternative mechanisms are being investigated, such as through the bites of ticks, which could have epidemiological relevance. The objective of this work was to verify the presence of Leishmania spp. in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato collected from naturally infected dogs in the Federal District of Brazil. SN - 1746-6148 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-015-0576-5 DO - 10.1186/s12917-015-0576-5 ID - Medeiros-Silva2015 ER -