Etiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis and anthropophilic vectors in Juruti, Pará State, Brazil

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Lourdes Maria Garcez²  Daniela Cristina Soares²  Anadeiva Portela Chagas²  Gilberto César Rodrigues De Souza²  Jefferson Francisco Correia Miranda²  Habib Fraiha¹  Lucile Maria Flöeter-winter¹  Heloísa Marceliano Nunes²  Ricardo Andrade Zampiere¹  Jeffrey Jon Shaw¹ 

[1] ,Instituto Evandro Chagas Seção de Parasitologia Ananindeua,Brasil

关键词: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis;    Leishmania;    Polymerase Chain Reaction;    Entomology;    Leishmaniose Cutânea;    Leishmania;    Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase;    Entomologia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X2009001000019

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In a preliminary study in Juruti, a mining municipality in western Pará State, Brazil, 12 out of 21 patients suspected of presenting cutaneous leishmaniasis showed positive PCR (SSUrDNA and G6PD): Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis (9/12; 75%) and L. (V.) sp. (3/12; 25%). Entomological studies in the same location revealed the presence of 12 different phlebotomine species (n =105). One of the most common species was Lutzomyia (Psychodopygus) complexa (17%) which is both highly anthropophilic and a known vector of L. (V.) braziliensis in other regions of Pará. These preliminary findings should serve to guide future epidemiological surveillance in Juruti.

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