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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | Visceral leishmaniasis in a new ecological niche near a major metropolitan area of Brazil |
Other Titles: | Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
Authors: | Cunha, Sérgio Freire, Miralba Eulalio, Conceicao Critosvao, José Martins Netto, Eduardo Johnson Junior, Warren D. Reed, Steven G. Badaró, Roberto José da Silva |
metadata.dc.creator: | Cunha, Sérgio Freire, Miralba Eulalio, Conceicao Critosvao, José Martins Netto, Eduardo Johnson Junior, Warren D. Reed, Steven G. Badaró, Roberto José da Silva |
Abstract: | In 1991, a community cross-sectional study was conducted in a village situated near the beach and close to Salvador, the capital city of Bahia, in Brazil, to determine the prevalence of visceral leishmaniasis since 1989. A serological survey was made of human and canine reservoirs and an intradermal skin test for leishmaniasis was used to assess cellular immune responses. Nearly 30% of the 243 individuals in the study area had positive skin tests and 14% had positive serology, the latter being compatible with recent infection; 29 of 460 dogs examined were seropositive. A possible association was observed between human infection and the presence of dogs in or near residences, but not between human infection and malnutrition. This report describes the evolution of a new focus of visceral leishmaniasis, its expansion toward a metropolitan area, and current measures taken to control the epidemic. |
Keywords: | leishmaniasis visceral leishmaniasis new focus Brazil |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/8535 |
Issue Date: | 1995 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina) |
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