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FIRST CASE OF AUTOCHTHONOUS HUMAN VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN THE URBAN CENTER OF RIO DE JANEIRO: CASE REPORT
Visceral leishmaniasis is an anthropozoonosis that is caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, especially Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum, and is transmitted to humans by the bite of sandflies of the genus Lutzomyia, such as Lutzomyia longipalpis. There are many reservoirs, including Canis famil...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4085831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24553614 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652014000100013 |
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author | da Silva, Guilherme Almeida Rosa Boechat, Thiago de Oliveira Ferry, Fernando Raphael de Almeida Pinto, Jorge Francisco da Cunha de Azevedo, Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes Carvalho, Ricardo de Souza Motta, Rogerio Neves Veras, Mariana Ferreira |
author_facet | da Silva, Guilherme Almeida Rosa Boechat, Thiago de Oliveira Ferry, Fernando Raphael de Almeida Pinto, Jorge Francisco da Cunha de Azevedo, Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes Carvalho, Ricardo de Souza Motta, Rogerio Neves Veras, Mariana Ferreira |
author_sort | da Silva, Guilherme Almeida Rosa |
collection | PubMed |
description | Visceral leishmaniasis is an anthropozoonosis that is caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, especially Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum, and is transmitted to humans by the bite of sandflies of the genus Lutzomyia, such as Lutzomyia longipalpis. There are many reservoirs, including Canis familiaris. It is a chronic infectious disease with systemic involvement that is characterized by three phases: the initial period, the state period and the final period. The main symptoms are fever, malnutrition, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia. This article reports a case of a patient diagnosed with visceral leishmaniasis in the final period following autochthonous transmission in the urban area of Rio de Janeiro. The case reported here is considered by the Municipal Civil Defense and Health Surveillance of Rio de Janeiro to be the first instance of autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis in humans in the urban area of this city. The patient was discharged and is undergoing a follow-up at the outpatient clinic, demonstrating clinical improvement. |
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spelling | pubmed-40858312014-07-16 FIRST CASE OF AUTOCHTHONOUS HUMAN VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN THE URBAN CENTER OF RIO DE JANEIRO: CASE REPORT da Silva, Guilherme Almeida Rosa Boechat, Thiago de Oliveira Ferry, Fernando Raphael de Almeida Pinto, Jorge Francisco da Cunha de Azevedo, Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes Carvalho, Ricardo de Souza Motta, Rogerio Neves Veras, Mariana Ferreira Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Case Report Visceral leishmaniasis is an anthropozoonosis that is caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, especially Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum, and is transmitted to humans by the bite of sandflies of the genus Lutzomyia, such as Lutzomyia longipalpis. There are many reservoirs, including Canis familiaris. It is a chronic infectious disease with systemic involvement that is characterized by three phases: the initial period, the state period and the final period. The main symptoms are fever, malnutrition, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia. This article reports a case of a patient diagnosed with visceral leishmaniasis in the final period following autochthonous transmission in the urban area of Rio de Janeiro. The case reported here is considered by the Municipal Civil Defense and Health Surveillance of Rio de Janeiro to be the first instance of autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis in humans in the urban area of this city. The patient was discharged and is undergoing a follow-up at the outpatient clinic, demonstrating clinical improvement. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4085831/ /pubmed/24553614 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652014000100013 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report da Silva, Guilherme Almeida Rosa Boechat, Thiago de Oliveira Ferry, Fernando Raphael de Almeida Pinto, Jorge Francisco da Cunha de Azevedo, Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes Carvalho, Ricardo de Souza Motta, Rogerio Neves Veras, Mariana Ferreira FIRST CASE OF AUTOCHTHONOUS HUMAN VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN THE URBAN CENTER OF RIO DE JANEIRO: CASE REPORT |
title | FIRST CASE OF AUTOCHTHONOUS HUMAN VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN
THE URBAN CENTER OF RIO DE JANEIRO: CASE REPORT |
title_full | FIRST CASE OF AUTOCHTHONOUS HUMAN VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN
THE URBAN CENTER OF RIO DE JANEIRO: CASE REPORT |
title_fullStr | FIRST CASE OF AUTOCHTHONOUS HUMAN VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN
THE URBAN CENTER OF RIO DE JANEIRO: CASE REPORT |
title_full_unstemmed | FIRST CASE OF AUTOCHTHONOUS HUMAN VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN
THE URBAN CENTER OF RIO DE JANEIRO: CASE REPORT |
title_short | FIRST CASE OF AUTOCHTHONOUS HUMAN VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN
THE URBAN CENTER OF RIO DE JANEIRO: CASE REPORT |
title_sort | first case of autochthonous human visceral leishmaniasis in
the urban center of rio de janeiro: case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4085831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24553614 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652014000100013 |
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