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==Treatment and Control==

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*Chemotherapy

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**Prolonged treatment, expensive, suppresses infection

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**Does not cure infection

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*Prevent [[Psychodidae|sand flies]] biting

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Control of ''Leishmania'' is difficult due to the large environmental pool and the sand flies that transmit the disease. One method is to prevent the sand flies from biting dogs by using collars inpregnated with [[Ectoparasiticides|insecticides]] or repellents. These have a limited effect and do not guarantee the safety of the animal. Destruction of infected and stray dogs will decrease the pool from which sand flies may obtain the parasite but this is often morally difficult and due to the infection of wildlife does not stop spread completely.

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**Collars, sprays containing [[Ectoparasiticides|~~insecticide~~]] ~~with repellent~~ effect

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*Destruction of infected and stray dogs

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**[[Psychodidae|Sand flies]] biting infected dogs may spread the disease to other dogs, humans and wildlife

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**There is a slight possibility of transmission to humans by direct contact

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Chemotherapy can be used to treat dogs with leishmaniasis, however this will not cure the infection completely. It may send the infection, but as mentioned earlier it is not uncommon for clinical sign to return later in the dogs life. There are also many risks to chemotherapy such as suppression of the immune system, not to mention the expense of prolonged treatment.

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