Preliminary observations of the urbanization and domiciliation of the American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Rio Branco, Acre, Western Amazon

BACKGROUND: The American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is expanding in peri-urban environments. METHODS: An entomological survey was conducted in the area of the occurrence of an autochthonous urban case of ACL. Sandflies and a parasitological slide of the human case were submitted for molecular dia...

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Autores principales: Brilhante, Andreia Fernandes, Zampieri, Ricardo Andrade, de Souza, Eduardo Alcici, Carneiro, Ana Carolina Gomes, Barroso, Edmilson Pereira, de Ávila, Marcia Moreira, Melchior, Leonardo Augusto Kohara, de Souza, Janis Lunier, de Oliveira, Elizangela Soares, Pinto, Maria Carmelinda Gonçalves, Floeter-Winter, Lucile Maria, Galati, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2022
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9757714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36542015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0359-2022
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: The American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is expanding in peri-urban environments. METHODS: An entomological survey was conducted in the area of the occurrence of an autochthonous urban case of ACL. Sandflies and a parasitological slide of the human case were submitted for molecular diagnosis. RESULTS: Nyssomyia whitmani and Ny. antunesi were the most frequently collected species. Ny. whitmani and Bichromomyia flaviscutellata were positive for Leishmania guyanensis and L. lainsoni, respectively. The human case tested positive for L. lainsoni. CONCLUSIONS: Sandflies and Leishmania parasites present in urban forest may occur frequently in nearby domiciliary environments; thus, these areas must be monitored.

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