Epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil, between 2008 and 2012

INTRODUCTION: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important parasitic disease. We evaluated the epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil. METHODS: All cases of VL, registered by the municipal health department, were analyzed and georefe...

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Autores principales: Pinheiro, Aimara da Costa, da Costa, Alexandre Sylvio Vieira, de Oliveira, Rodrigo Santos, Reis, Maria Letícia Costa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2019
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7083389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31859947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0216-2019
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author Pinheiro, Aimara da Costa
da Costa, Alexandre Sylvio Vieira
de Oliveira, Rodrigo Santos
Reis, Maria Letícia Costa
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description INTRODUCTION: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important parasitic disease. We evaluated the epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil. METHODS: All cases of VL, registered by the municipal health department, were analyzed and georeferenced. RESULTS: The human mortality rate was 15% and canine seroprevalence rate was 29.0%. Higher numbers of canine VL cases correlated with higher incidence of human cases. CONCLUSIONS: The high rate of canine seroprevalence, resurgence of the human disease, and correlation between canine and human VL reinforces the role of the dog in disease transmission within the municipality.
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spelling pubmed-70833892020-03-25 Epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil, between 2008 and 2012 Pinheiro, Aimara da Costa da Costa, Alexandre Sylvio Vieira de Oliveira, Rodrigo Santos Reis, Maria Letícia Costa Rev Soc Bras Med Trop Short Communication INTRODUCTION: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important parasitic disease. We evaluated the epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil. METHODS: All cases of VL, registered by the municipal health department, were analyzed and georeferenced. RESULTS: The human mortality rate was 15% and canine seroprevalence rate was 29.0%. Higher numbers of canine VL cases correlated with higher incidence of human cases. CONCLUSIONS: The high rate of canine seroprevalence, resurgence of the human disease, and correlation between canine and human VL reinforces the role of the dog in disease transmission within the municipality. Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2019-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7083389/ /pubmed/31859947 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0216-2019 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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Epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil, between 2008 and 2012
title Epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil, between 2008 and 2012
title_full Epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil, between 2008 and 2012
title_fullStr Epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil, between 2008 and 2012
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil, between 2008 and 2012
title_short Epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil, between 2008 and 2012
title_sort epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in governador valadares, brazil, between 2008 and 2012
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7083389/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0216-2019
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