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Prior to the pandemic, international dog rescue operations would bring in homeless canines from all over the world and place them in Canadian homes. Recently, veterinarians in Canada and the United States have come across several cases of leishmaniosis, a tropical flesh-eating disease caused by the Leishmania parasite. It's a zoonotic disease, meaning it can cross over into humans, and can be fatal if left untreated.
While the disease is not (yet) a threat here, veterinarians are raising the alarm about the presence of the parasite in rescue dogs brought into the country. Today in The Conversation Canada, Victoria Wagner, a veterinarian and graduate student in Molecular Parasitology at the Université de Montréal, alongside researchers Christopher Fernandez-Prada from the Université de Montréal and Martin Olivier at McGill University, write about how the Leishmania parasite's vesicles — a delivery system of sorts — may contain clues for the treatment and management of the disease. The authors also make a case for a cohesive “One Health”
approach that requires collaboration between government policy makers, veterinarians and public health officials to manage leishmaniosis in Canada and elsewhere.
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