Wildlife as a sentinel for pathogen introduction in nonendemic areas: first detection of Leishmania tropica in wildlife in Spain
I. Azami-Conesa, P. Matas Mendez, P. Perez-Moreno, J. Carrion, J. M. Alunda, M. Mateo Barrientos, M. T. Gomez_Munoz
The paper detects Leishmania tropica in European wildcats in Spain, marking the first report of autochthonous infection with this species in the Iberian Peninsula.
bioRxiv · Mar 16, 2024Microbiology