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Epidemiological aspects of the first human autochthonous visceral leishmaniosis cases in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Human visceral leishmaniasis is a growing anthropozoonosis in Brazil, and particularly in the southern region of the country. It is an infectious disease transmitted to humans, dogs and other animals in urban and rural areas of the Americas, mainly due to the bite of Lutzomya longipalpis infected wi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9425669/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31125529 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2019.04.004 |
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author | Mahmud, Ibrahim Clós Piassini, Letícia de Araujo Saraiva Motta, Fabrizio Behar, Paulo Renato Petersen Souza, Getúlio Dornelles |
author_facet | Mahmud, Ibrahim Clós Piassini, Letícia de Araujo Saraiva Motta, Fabrizio Behar, Paulo Renato Petersen Souza, Getúlio Dornelles |
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description | Human visceral leishmaniasis is a growing anthropozoonosis in Brazil, and particularly in the southern region of the country. It is an infectious disease transmitted to humans, dogs and other animals in urban and rural areas of the Americas, mainly due to the bite of Lutzomya longipalpis infected with Leishmania infantum. This article aims to portray the current epidemiological situation of the human visceral leishmaniasis arrival in Porto Alegre city, located in the southern region of Brazil. It is a descriptive study, a case series and a critical review. Six human cases with human visceral leishmaniasis were notified by the date of conclusion of the study, all human visceral leishmaniasis cases were diagnosed at late stage, leading to four deaths. |
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spelling | pubmed-94256692022-08-31 Epidemiological aspects of the first human autochthonous visceral leishmaniosis cases in Porto Alegre, Brazil Mahmud, Ibrahim Clós Piassini, Letícia de Araujo Saraiva Motta, Fabrizio Behar, Paulo Renato Petersen Souza, Getúlio Dornelles Braz J Infect Dis Case Report Human visceral leishmaniasis is a growing anthropozoonosis in Brazil, and particularly in the southern region of the country. It is an infectious disease transmitted to humans, dogs and other animals in urban and rural areas of the Americas, mainly due to the bite of Lutzomya longipalpis infected with Leishmania infantum. This article aims to portray the current epidemiological situation of the human visceral leishmaniasis arrival in Porto Alegre city, located in the southern region of Brazil. It is a descriptive study, a case series and a critical review. Six human cases with human visceral leishmaniasis were notified by the date of conclusion of the study, all human visceral leishmaniasis cases were diagnosed at late stage, leading to four deaths. Elsevier 2019-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9425669/ /pubmed/31125529 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2019.04.004 Text en © 2019 Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Mahmud, Ibrahim Clós Piassini, Letícia de Araujo Saraiva Motta, Fabrizio Behar, Paulo Renato Petersen Souza, Getúlio Dornelles Epidemiological aspects of the first human autochthonous visceral leishmaniosis cases in Porto Alegre, Brazil |
title | Epidemiological aspects of the first human autochthonous visceral leishmaniosis cases in Porto Alegre, Brazil |
title_full | Epidemiological aspects of the first human autochthonous visceral leishmaniosis cases in Porto Alegre, Brazil |
title_fullStr | Epidemiological aspects of the first human autochthonous visceral leishmaniosis cases in Porto Alegre, Brazil |
title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiological aspects of the first human autochthonous visceral leishmaniosis cases in Porto Alegre, Brazil |
title_short | Epidemiological aspects of the first human autochthonous visceral leishmaniosis cases in Porto Alegre, Brazil |
title_sort | epidemiological aspects of the first human autochthonous visceral leishmaniosis cases in porto alegre, brazil |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9425669/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31125529 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2019.04.004 |
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