Main lesions in the central nervous system of dogs due to Leishmania infantum infection.
Weline Lopes MacauJoicy Cortez de SáAna Patrícia de Carvalho da SilvaAlessandra Lima RochaRenata Mondêgo-OliveiraFábio Henrique Evangelista de AndradeCaroline Magalhães CunhaKátia da Silva CalabreseAna Lucia Abreu-SilvaPublished in: BMC veterinary research (2017)
These results reveal that during canine visceral leishmaniasis, the central nervous system may display some alterations, without necessarily exhibiting clinical neurological manifestations. In addition, the L. infantum parasite has the ability to cross the blood brain barrier and penetrate the central nervous system.