Epidemiologic surveillance of canine visceral leishmaniasis in the municipality of Recife, Pernambuco.

Autor: Dantas-Torres F; Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brazil. fdt@cpqam.fiocruz.br, Faustino MA, Lima OC, Acioli RV
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical [Rev Soc Bras Med Trop] 2005 Sep-Oct; Vol. 38 (5), pp. 444-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2005 Sep 12.
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822005000500017
Abstrakt: This paper describes an epidemiologic investigation carried out in Imbiribeira district, where a canine visceral leishmaniasis case was recorded. Despite the absence of seropositive dogs and sand flies, these findings are not sufficient to discard the occurrence of a zoonotic cycle of visceral leishmaniasis in Recife.
Databáze: MEDLINE