TY - JOUR AU - Iatta, Roberta AU - Zatelli, Andrea AU - Laricchiuta, Pietro AU - Legrottaglie, Matteo AU - Modry, David AU - Dantas-Torres, Filipe AU - Otranto, Domenico T1 - Leishmania infantum in Tigers and Sand Flies from a Leishmaniasis-Endemic Area, Southern Italy T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 6 SP - 1311 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We detected Leishmania infantum infection in 45% of tigers and 5.3% of sand flies tested at a zoo in southern Italy in 2019. These infections in tigers and the abundance of Phlebotomus perniciosus sand flies represent a potential risk to other animals and humans living in or visiting the zoo. KW - Leishmania infantum KW - infection KW - IFAT KW - real-time PCR KW - sand flies KW - blood meal preferences KW - tigers KW - protozoa KW - parasites KW - leishmaniasis KW - Italy DO - 10.3201/eid2606.191668 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/6/19-1668_article ER - End of Reference