Control of visceral leishmaniasis in the town of Porteirinha, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, from 1998 to 2003

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte¹  Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Brasília¹  Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Porteirinha, Porteirinha¹  Barata, Ricardo Andrade¹  Almeida, Saulo Neris de¹  Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba¹  Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina¹  Teixeira, Luciana de Almeida Silva¹  Dias, Edelberto Santos¹  Silva, Jaime Costa da¹  Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte¹  Silva, João Carlos França da¹ 

关键词: Visceral leishmaniasis;    Control measures;    Porteirinha;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822011000300025

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION: In the town of Porteirinha, State of Minas Gerais, 23 human cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in 1998 and 1999 were recorded.METHODS: A study was conducted involving the triad of action recommended for the control of VL. Patients were treated and serologically positive dogs were euthanized quarterly. The pyrethroid insecticide α-cypermethrin was applied in the neighborhoods where human cases were recorded.RESULTS: A reduction in canine seroprevalence and sand flies occurred following the implementation of control measures, reflecting in a reduction in human cases of VL.CONCLUSIONS: The results show the efficiency of such control measures when used in association.

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