Retrospective Analysis of Leishmaniasis in Sicily (Italy) from 2013 to 2021: One-Health Impact and Future Control Strategies
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Clinical Samples
2.3. Diagnosis
2.4. Entomological Survey
2.5. Ethical Statement
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Canine and Feline Data
3.2. Human Data
3.3. Sandfly Data
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Specimens of Phlebotomus Species Collected in 2013 | |||||
Provinces | P. pernicious | P. perfiliewi | S. minuta | P. papatasi | Total |
Agrigento | 1593 | 683 | 703 | 0 | 2979 |
Catania | 312 | 36 | 683 | 0 | 1031 |
Palermo | 648 | 1572 | 315 | 0 | 2535 |
Trapani | 43 | 24 | 43 | 0 | 110 |
Caltanissetta | 664 | 8497 | 205 | 0 | 9366 |
Siracusa | 47 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 103 |
Enna | 325 | 3706 | 798 | 0 | 4829 |
Ragusa | 8 | 2 | 158 | 0 | 168 |
Total (%) | 3640 (17.2) | 14,523 (68.7) | 2958 (14) | 0 | 21,121 |
Specimens of Phlebotomus Species Collected in 2021 | |||||
Provinces | P. pernicious | P. perfiliewi | S. minuta | P. papatasi | Total |
Agrigento | 1384 | 1505 | 30 | 90 | 3009 |
Catania | 1205 | 39 | 66 | 0 | 1310 |
Palermo | 1039 | 861 | 633 | 0 | 2533 |
Trapani | 86 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 120 |
Caltanissetta | 1987 | 7379 | 94 | 0 | 9460 |
Siracusa | 142 | 23 | 41 | 0 | 206 |
Enna | 1281 | 3548 | 99 | 0 | 4928 |
Ragusa | 85 | 17 | 48 | 0 | 150 |
Total (%) | 7209 (33.2) | 13,389 (61.7) | 1028 (4.7) | 90 (0.4) | 21,716 |
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Bruno, F.; Vitale, F.; La Russa, F.; Reale, S.; Späth, G.F.; Oliveri, E.; Gargano, V.; Valenza, V.; Facciponte, F.; Giardina, S.; et al. Retrospective Analysis of Leishmaniasis in Sicily (Italy) from 2013 to 2021: One-Health Impact and Future Control Strategies. Microorganisms 2022, 10, 1704. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10091704
Bruno F, Vitale F, La Russa F, Reale S, Späth GF, Oliveri E, Gargano V, Valenza V, Facciponte F, Giardina S, et al. Retrospective Analysis of Leishmaniasis in Sicily (Italy) from 2013 to 2021: One-Health Impact and Future Control Strategies. Microorganisms. 2022; 10(9):1704. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10091704
Chicago/Turabian StyleBruno, Federica, Fabrizio Vitale, Francesco La Russa, Stefano Reale, Gerald F. Späth, Eugenia Oliveri, Valeria Gargano, Viviana Valenza, Flavia Facciponte, Susanna Giardina, and et al. 2022. "Retrospective Analysis of Leishmaniasis in Sicily (Italy) from 2013 to 2021: One-Health Impact and Future Control Strategies" Microorganisms 10, no. 9: 1704. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10091704