The dermal leishmaniases of Brazil, with special reference to the eco-epidemiology of the disease in Amazonia
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 89(3): 435-43, Jul.-Sept. 1994. tab
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RESUMO
Six species of Leishmania are at present known to cause cutaneous and/or mucocutaneous leishamniasis in Brazil, and they are all to be found in the Amazon region of this country. The eco-epidemiology of each is discussed, with the observation that the Amazonian leishmaniases are all zoonoses, with their source in silvatic mammals and phlebotomine sandfly vectors. With man's destruction of the natural forest in southern Brazil, some sandfly species have survived by adapting to a peridomestic or domiciliary habitat in rural areas. Some domestic animals, such as dogs and equines are seemingly now involved in the epidemiology of the disease. No such process has yet been reported in the Amazon region, but may well take place with the continuing devastation of its forest.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Leishmaniose Cutânea
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Ecologia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
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PARASITOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article
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Congress and conference
País de publicação:
Brasil