Leishmania infantum causes potentially life-threatening disease in humans. To determine the extent of the animal reservoir for this pathogen in Bosnia and Herzegovina, we tested dogs and cats. We found that a large proportion of dogs were exposed to or infected with L. infantum, indicating endemicity in dogs and zoonotic risk for humans.
Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Leishmania infantum; cats; dogs; eastern Europe; leishmaniasis; neglected diseases; parasites; zoonoses.