TY - JOUR AU - Segarra, Sergi AU - Miró, Guadalupe AU - Montoya, Ana AU - Pardo-Marín, Luis AU - Teichenné, Joan AU - Ferrer, Lluís AU - Cerón, José Joaquín PY - 2018 DA - 2018/02/21 TI - Prevention of disease progression in Leishmania infantum-infected dogs with dietary nucleotides and active hexose correlated compound JO - Parasites & Vectors SP - 103 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - The prevalence of Leishmania infantum infection in clinically healthy dogs can be several times higher than that of clinical disease in endemic areas. Although treatment is not recommended in dogs with subclinical infection, these animals should be managed to prevent disease progression and parasite transmission to human beings or to other dogs. Dietary nucleotides and active hexose correlated compound (AHCC) have been shown to modulate the immune response. A recent study in dogs with clinical leishmaniosis receiving an initial 28-day course of methylglucamine antimoniate showed that six-month administration of a dietary supplement containing nucleotides plus AHCC achieves similar efficacy to allopurinol. Since the type of immune response plays a key role in the evolution of patients with leishmaniosis, the present study was aimed at evaluating the preventive effect of this supplement in avoiding or delaying disease progression in clinically healthy Leishmania-infected dogs. SN - 1756-3305 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2705-z DO - 10.1186/s13071-018-2705-z ID - Segarra2018 ER -