Canine Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Dissemination and Tissue Tropism of Genetically Distinct Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis Populations

Table 2

PCR results in the different tissue fragments from nine dogs studied.

Dog	Lesion	Health skin	Spleen	Liver	Popliteal lymph node	Cervical lymph node
A1	+	+	+	−	+	+
A2	+	+	−	+	+	+
A3	+	−	−	−	−	−
A4	+	−	−	−	−	−
A5	+	−	−	−	−	−
A6	+	−	−	−	−	−
A7	+	−	+	−	ND	−
A8	+	−	+	+	+	−
A9	+	+	+	−	ND	−

ND: not done; +: positive results; −: negative results.