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The dog is the domestic reservoir of Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Therefore, the application of measures aimed at controlling canine leishmaniasis should represent the main strategy to prevent human infections. Unfortunately, the antimonial drugs which are successfully used for the treatment of human VL are poorly effective in the radical treatment of canine leishmaniasis. Killing of infected dogs is usually considered the only effective measure to control or to prevent epidemics in man (WHO, 1984). However, in Mediterranean foci where a canine leishmaniasis seropositivity prevalence of 15–20% is commonly found (Bettini and Gradoni, 1986), the elimination of all serologically positive dogs is not achievable.
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Gradoni, L., Gramiccia, M., Mancianti, F., Pieri, S. (1989). Effectiveness of Control Measures Against Canine Leishmaniasis in the Isle of Elba, Italy. In: Hart, D.T. (eds) Leishmaniasis. NATO ASI Series, vol 171. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1575-9_8
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