Department of Clinical Sciences and the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Institute of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
Parasit Vectors. 2019 Mar 28;12(1):145. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3407-x.
Companion vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) are an important threat for pet life, but may also have an impact on human health, due to their often zoonotic character. The importance and awareness of CVBDs continuously increased during the last years. However, information on their occurrence is often limited in several parts of the world, which are often especially affected. Latin America (LATAM), a region with large biodiversity, is one of these regions, where information on CVBDs for pet owners, veterinarians, medical doctors and health workers is often obsolete, limited or non-existent. In the present review, a comprehensive literature search for CVBDs in companion animals (dogs and cats) was performed for several countries in Central America (Belize, Caribbean Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico) as well as in South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana (British Guyana), Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela) regarding the occurrence of the following parasitic and bacterial diseases: babesiosis, heartworm disease, subcutaneous dirofilariosis, hepatozoonosis, leishmaniosis, trypanosomosis, anaplasmosis, bartonellosis, borreliosis, ehrlichiosis, mycoplasmosis and rickettsiosis. An overview on the specific diseases, followed by a short summary on their occurrence per country is given. Additionally, a tabular listing on positive or non-reported occurrence is presented. None of the countries is completely free from CVBDs. The data presented in the review confirm a wide distribution of the CVBDs in focus in LATAM. This wide occurrence and the fact that most of the CVBDs can have a quite severe clinical outcome and their diagnostic as well as therapeutic options in the region are often difficult to access and to afford, demands a strong call for the prevention of pathogen transmission by the use of ectoparasiticidal and anti-feeding products as well as by performing behavioural changes.
伴生媒介传播疾病 (CVBDs) 是宠物健康的重要威胁，但由于其经常具有人畜共患的特性，也可能对人类健康产生影响。在过去几年中，CVBDs 的重要性和认识度不断提高。然而，在世界上许多经常受到影响的地区，有关它们发生情况的信息通常有限。拉丁美洲 (LATAM) 是一个生物多样性丰富的地区，就是其中之一，有关宠物主人、兽医、医生和卫生工作者的 CVBDs 信息通常是过时的、有限的或不存在的。在本次综述中，对中美洲（伯利兹、加勒比海岛屿、哥斯达黎加、古巴、多米尼加共和国、萨尔瓦多、危地马拉、洪都拉斯、墨西哥、尼加拉瓜、巴拿马、波多黎各）和南美洲（阿根廷、玻利维亚、巴西、智利、哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔、法属圭亚那、圭亚那（英属圭亚那）、巴拉圭、秘鲁、苏里南、乌拉圭、委内瑞拉）几个国家的伴侣动物（狗和猫）中的 CVBDs 进行了全面的文献检索，涉及以下寄生虫和细菌性疾病的发生情况：巴贝斯虫病、心丝虫病、皮下丝虫病、肝血孢子虫病、利什曼病、锥虫病、无形体病、巴尔通体病、莱姆病、埃立克体病、支原体病和立克次体病。本文概述了特定疾病，并简要总结了每个国家的发生情况。此外，还列出了阳性或未报告发生的表格。没有一个国家完全没有 CVBDs。综述中提供的数据证实了 LATAM 地区 CVBDs 的广泛分布。这种广泛的发生情况以及该地区大多数 CVBDs 可能具有相当严重的临床后果，并且其诊断和治疗选择往往难以获得和负担得起，这就要求通过使用驱虫和驱避产品以及通过行为改变来大力预防病原体传播。
