AD - Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078, USA. TA - J Am Vet Med Assoc LR - 20041117 DCOM- 20010126 PST - ppublish AB - Visceral leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease that can be transmitted from dogs to humans by a sand-fly vector. Endemic cases of visceral leishmaniasis among dogs in Oklahoma, Texas, and Ohio have been reported. Recent reports of visceral leishmaniasis in Foxhounds in the eastern coastal states has raised new concerns about the importance of this disease in the United States. STAT- MEDLINE RN - 0 (Antibodies, Protozoan) RN - 0 (Antimony Sodium Gluconate) RN - 0 (Antiprotozoal Agents) RN - 0 (Proteins) LA - eng PG - 1686-8, 1659 SB - IM DA - 20010123 IP - 11 EDAT- 2000/12/08 11:00 AU - Eddlestone SM JID - 7503067 OWN - NLM MHDA- 2001/02/28 10:01 PMID- 11110461 SO - J Am Vet Med Assoc 2000 Dec 1;217(11):1686-8, 1659. DP - 2000 Dec 1 IS - 0003-1488 TI - Visceral leishmaniasis in a dog from Maryland. FAU - Eddlestone, S M MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Protozoan/blood MH - Antimony Sodium Gluconate/*therapeutic use MH - Antiprotozoal Agents/*therapeutic use MH - Blood Chemical Analysis MH - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) MH - Depression MH - Dog Diseases/diagnosis/*parasitology/transmission MH - Dogs MH - Erythrocyte Count/veterinary MH - Fatal Outcome MH - Female MH - Hematocrit/veterinary MH - Humans MH - Leishmania donovani/*isolation & purification/pathogenicity MH - Leishmaniasis, Visceral/diagnosis/transmission/*veterinary MH - Leukocyte Count/veterinary MH - Male MH - Maryland MH - Paraproteinemias/veterinary MH - Platelet Count/veterinary MH - Proteins/analysis MH - United States MH - Weight Loss MH - Zoonoses PL - UNITED STATES VI - 217 PT - Case Reports PT - Journal Article