Serosurvey of Dogs for Human, Livestock, and Wildlife Pathogens, Uganda

Javier Millán,Andrea D Chirife,Ignasi Marco,Oscar Cabezón,Jesús Muro,Luis León-Vizcaíno,Marine Wasniewski,Florence Cliquet,Lawrence Mugisha,Sonia Almería,Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

doi:10.3201/eid1904.121143

Abstract

Serosurvey of Dogs for Human, Livestock, and Wildlife Pathogens, Uganda

Highlights

To the Editor: Domestic dogs live in close association with humans and livestock, participating in the transmission of diseases of zoonotic, veterinary, and conservation interest [1,2]
The samples were used to test for seroprevalence rates to rabies virus (RABV), canine distemper virus (CDV), canine parvovirus (CPV), Leptospira interrogans, Leishmania sp., Toxoplasma gondii, and Neospora caninum (Table)
CPV seroprevalence was higher in Bwindi Impenetrable (BI) and Queen Elizabeth (QE) than in Mgahinga Gorilla (MG) (χ2 >12.6, p

Summary

Introduction

To the Editor: Domestic dogs live in close association with humans and livestock, participating in the transmission of diseases of zoonotic, veterinary, and conservation interest [1,2]. Of the 116 sampled dogs, 4 had been vaccinated against rabies by the authors in 2010 in QE (not included in rabies results), and 11 (all males) had been castrated by local animal healers before serum samples were obtained. The samples were used to test for seroprevalence rates to rabies virus (RABV), canine distemper virus (CDV), canine parvovirus (CPV), Leptospira interrogans, Leishmania sp., Toxoplasma gondii, and Neospora caninum (Table).

Results

Conclusion