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  • Open Access
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Ocular Involvement as a Key Marker of Systemic Disease in Dogs Naturally Infected with Leishmania infantum: Clinical, Laboratory, and Histopathological Insights

  • Caroline Magalhães-Cunha,
  • Ana Lúcia Abreu-Silva,
  • Marcelo Pelajo-Machado,
  • Celeste da Silva Freitas de Souza and ,
  • Karen Lebreiro dos Santos,
  • Lucas Almeida Zangirolami,
  • Flávia de Oliveira Cardoso and
  • Kátia da Silva Calabrese
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

14 February 2026

Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL), caused by Leishmania infantum, is a multisystemic disease in which ocular involvement is frequent but often underestimated. This study aimed to comprehensively evaluate the clinical, ophthalmological, parasitologi...

(This article belongs to the Section Parasitic Pathogens)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,385 Views
16 Pages

Impact of El Nino Southern Oscillation and Climate Change on Infectious Diseases with Ophthalmic Manifestations

  • Crystal Huang,
  • Caleb M. Yeh,
  • Claire Ufongene,
  • Tolulope Fashina and ,
  • R. V. Paul Chan,
  • Jessica G. Shantha,
  • Steven Yeh and
  • Jean-Claude Mwanza
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Climate change and the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events have been increasingly linked to infectious disease outbreaks. While growing evidence has connected climate variability with systemic illnesses, the ocular implications remain u...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Infectious Diseases, Health and Climate Change)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,036 Views
14 Pages

Calomys callosus: An Experimental Animal Model Applied to Parasitic Diseases Investigations of Public Health Concern

  • Rafael Borges Rosa,
  • Mylla Spirandelli da Costa,
  • Samuel Cota Teixeira,
  • Emilene Ferreira de Castro and ,
  • Willyenne Marília Dantas,
  • Eloisa Amália Vieira Ferro and
  • Murilo Vieira da Silva
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The appearance and spread of parasitic diseases around the world aroused the interest of the scientific community to discover new animal models for improving the quality and specificity of surveys. Calomys callosus is a rodent native to South America...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Parasitic Diseases)