Leishmaniasis -- United Kingdom
Veterinary professionals have sounded the alarm in this week's Vet Record after treating the 1st UK case of a dog with the potentially fatal infection leishmaniosis that is thought to have been passed on by another dog, rather than by travel to an area where the infection is endemic.
Canine leishmaniosis is caused by the parasite _Leishmania infantum_, carried by the female sand fly and transmitted in its bite. It is zoonotic, so can be passed on to people.
Dogs have been known to pick
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6407746&promed&0
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