American cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak, Tartagal city, province of Salta, Argentina, 1993
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
; Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo;43(2): 105-108, Mar.-Apr. 2001. tab
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RESUMO
An American cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak, with cases clustering during 1993 in Tartagal city, Salta, was reported. The outbreak involved 102 individuals, 43.1 percent of them with multiple ulcers. Age (mean 33 years old) and sex distribution of cases (74.5 percent males), as well as working activity (70 forest-related), support the hypothesis of classical forest transmission leishmaniasis, despite the fact that the place of permanent residence was in periurban Tartagal. Moreover, during July, sandflies were only collected from one of the 'deforestation areas'. Lutzomyia intermedia was the single species of the 491 phlebotomines captured, reinforcing the vector incrimination of this species. Most infections must have been acquired during the fall (April to June), a pattern consistent with previous sandfly population dynamics data. Based on the epidemiological and entomological results, it was advised not to do any vector-targeted periurban control measures during July. Further studies should be done to assess if the high rate of multiple lesions was due to parasite factors or to infective vector density factors
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Asunto principal:
Argentina
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Psychodidae
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Estaciones del Año
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Brotes de Enfermedades
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Leishmaniasis Cutánea
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Insectos Vectores
Límite:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Argentina
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En
Revista:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Argentina
Pais de publicación:
Brasil