IDENTIFICATION OF Leishmania infantum IN PUERTO IGUAZÚ, MISIONES, ARGENTINA

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Lucrecia Acosta¹  Ricardo DÍaz¹  Pedro Torres¹  Gustavo Silva¹  Marina Ramos¹  Gladys Fattore¹  Enrique J. Deschutter¹  Fernando J. Bornay-llinares¹ 

关键词: Leishmania infantum;    Molecular characterization;    New focus;    Puerto Iguazú;    Argentina;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652015000200013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

 The emergence of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) in Latin America is a growing public health problem. The urbanization of ZVL has been observed in different countries around the world, and there are a growing number of reports drawing attention to the emergence of this infection in new locations, as well as its increase in previously established areas of endemicity. In the city of Posadas, Misiones province, Northeastern Argentina, the transmission of ZVL associated with canines and Lutzomyia longipalpis was first reported in 2006. In the city of Puerto Iguazú, also in Misiones province, the first human case of ZVL was reported in February 2014. From 209 surveyed dogs, 15 (7.17%) were identified as positive by serological and/or parasitological methods. Amplification was observed in 14 samples and in all cases the species implicated was Leishmania infantum. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first molecular characterization of L. infantum from dogs in this area.

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