Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/251
Title: | Tegumentary leishmaniasis outbreak in Bella Vista City, Corrientes, Argentina during 2003 | Authors: | Salomón, Oscar Daniel Sosa-Estani, Sergio Ramos, Karina Orellano, Pablo Wenceslao Sanguesa, Gustavo Fernández, Gustavo Sinagra, Angel Rapasciolli, Guillermo |
Keywords: | Insectos Vectores;Psychodidae;Leishmaniasis;Argentina | Issue Date: | Nov-2006 | Journal: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | Abstract: | Bella Vista City, Corrientes, Argentina, reported an epidemic outbreak of tegumentary leishmaniasis during 2003. The mean age of the 31 cases was 25.0 ± 13.7 years old, with a sex ratio male:female 1.8, and without mucosal involvement. They clustered in two contiguous neighbourhoods, 96% in the periurban border and 4% in the peripheral outskirts. The transmission peak was estimated to have occurred during April 2003. Four species (3608 sand flies) were captured in nine sites: Lutzomyia neivai (90.1%), Lu. pessoai (8.9%), Lu. migonei (0.8 %), and Brumptomyia avellari (0.2 %). The outskirts/rural capture ratio of Lu. neivaiwas up to 3, and the outskirts/periurban up to 200. Therefore, the ëurbaní transmission in this southernmost known focus is still an ecotone-border associ-ated risk. The changes in human distribution or activities, patches of the secondary vegetation, periurban streams, rainfall of the previous year, and river period floods could all contribute to ëurbaní outbreaks in the region. Tegumentary leishmaniasis risk should be assessed for any project that involves changes in land use throughout an endemic area. |
Description: | Fil: Salomón, Oscar Daniel. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación en Endemo-Epidemias; Argentina. Fil: Sosa-Estani, Sergio. Fil: Salomón, Oscar Daniel. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación en Endemo-Epidemias; Argentina. Fil: Ramos, Karina. Ministerio de Salud Pública, Corrientes; Argentina. Fil: Orellano, Pablo Wenceslao. Ministerio de Salud y Ambiente, Buenos Aires; Argentina. Fil: Sanguesa, Gustavo. Ministerio de Salud y Ambiente, Buenos Aires; Argentina. Fil: Fernández, Gustavo. Ministerio de Salud Pública, Corrientes; Argentina. Fil: Sinagra, Angel. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben; Argentina. Fil: Rapasciolli, Guillermo. Hospital de Bella Vista; Argentina. |
URI: | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v101n7/v101n7a10.pdf http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/251 |
ISSN: | 1678-8060 | Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 International License |
Appears in Collections: | snrd Publicaciones CeNDIE Publicaciones INP |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
MemóriasdoInstitutoOswaldoCruz,2006,101(7),767–774..pdf | Artículo en inglés | 993.19 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Page view(s)
94
checked on Oct 16, 2024
Download(s)
62
checked on Oct 16, 2024
Google ScholarTM
Check
This item is licensed under a Creative Commons License