Epidemiology of dermal leishmaniasis in the Rio Doce Valley, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
| Autor: | Falcão Ar, Wilson Mayrink, Dias M, Melo Mn, A. L. Falcäo, Paul Williams, A. V. Martins, Magalhães Pa, da Costa Ca, Coelho Mv |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
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Leishmaniasis Mucocutaneous Male medicine.medical_specialty Veterinary medicine Adolescent Fauna 030231 tropical medicine Population Biology Leishmania mexicana 03 medical and health sciences Dogs 0302 clinical medicine Species Specificity Age groups 030225 pediatrics parasitic diseases Epidemiology medicine Animals Humans Parasite hosting Child education Leishmaniasis Aged education.field_of_study Geography Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Leishmania Cross-Sectional Studies Infectious Diseases Child Preschool Phlebotomus Female Parasitology Psychodidae Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology. 73:123-137 |
| ISSN: | 1364-8594 0003-4983 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00034983.1979.11687239 |
| Popis: | Dermal leishmaniasis is prevalent in the predominantly settled agricultural areas in the Rio Doce Valley in the eastern part of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The disease has been recorded almost equally in both sexes. Cases have been confirmed in all age groups but youths aged ten to 14 years form the population segment at greatest risk to infection. Cases of single cutaneous lesions, multiple cutaneous lesions and muco-cutaneous lesions have been recorded in the area. Isolates of parasites include representatives of the Leishmania mexicana and L. braziliensis complexes and at least one parasite that does not fit into either category. Infections have not been detected in small mammals (mainly rodents) but about 3% of dogs are infected. The phlebotomine fauna includes no species (or close relatives of species) previously incriminated as vectors of mexicana and braziliensis infections in Brazil. In the complex and confusing epidemiological situation in the Rio Doce Valley it seems unwise to apply traditional specific names to Leishmania of the area. |
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