Leishmaniasis in wild, synanthropic and domestic animals on the Island of Itamaracá, Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil

Leishmaniasis are notifiable diseases, characterized by severe clinical manifestations, being caused obligate intracellular protozoa, belonging to the genus Leishmania, where species L. (L.) infantum and (V.) braziliensis responsible for most cases. of leishmaniasis in Brazil. Many studies indicate need investigations into exact role animal epidemiology leishmaniasis, particularly skunks rodents, presence these animals increases chances humans other becoming infected. Considering scarcity information on some regions State Pernambuco, objective this study was evaluate occurrence infection Leishmania spp. wild, synanthropic domestic animals. For this, parasitological diagnosis carried out through exfoliative cytology skin cutaneous lesions, addition PCR donovani complex blood spleen, liver biopsy rodents captured an endemic area state Pernambuco. In locations positive were captured, blood, skin, bone marrow lymph nodes collected from canine population. As a result, amastigote forms DNA detected 8.3% (2/24) (D. albiventris O. nigripes). population, 29.4% (15/51) dogs reactive Visceral Leishmaniasis, 6.6% parasitologically molecularly complex. Thus, it is concluded that skunks, participate transmission cycle