Literature DB >> 19967247

[New outbreak of American tegumentary leishmaniasis in a military training center in the Zona da Mata region, in the north of the State of Pernambuco].

Maria Sandra Andrade1, Maria Edileuza Felinto Brito, Salomão Thomaz da Silva, Edna Ishikawa, Silvia Maria Santos Carvalho, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho.   

Abstract

A new outbreak of American tegumentary leishmaniasis among military personnel is reported, with 71 cases confirmed by means of clinical, epidemiological and laboratory criteria. Seven samples were isolated and were identified as Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. The occurrence of outbreaks in this region confirms the endemic nature of this disease, and the magnitude of the occurrence seems to be related to non-adoption of individual protection measures.

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Year:  2009        PMID: 19967247     DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822009000500022

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Rev Soc Bras Med Trop        ISSN: 0037-8682            Impact factor:   1.581


  5 in total

1.  Restricted outbreak of American tegumentary leishmaniasis with high microfocal transmission.

Authors:  Alejandro J Krolewiecki; José F Gil; Marcelo Quipildor; Silvana P Cajal; Carlos Pravia; Marisa Juarez; Carlos Villalpando; Fabricio M Locatelli; Mariana Chanampa; Gabriela Castillo; María F Oreste; Carlos L Hoyos; Vanesa Negri; Julio R Nasser
Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg       Date:  2013-01-21       Impact factor: 2.345

2.  Outbreak of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Peruvian Military Personnel Undertaking Training Activities in the Amazon Basin, 2010.

Authors:  Marianela Oré; Eliana Sáenz; Rufino Cabrera; Juan F Sanchez; Maxy B De Los Santos; Carmen M Lucas; Jorge H Núñez; Kimberly A Edgel; Justino Sopan; Jorge Fernández; Andres M Carnero; G Christian Baldeviano; Juan C Arrasco; Paul C F Graf; Andres G Lescano
Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg       Date:  2015-06-15       Impact factor: 2.345

3.  Outbreak of Leishmania braziliensis Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Saül, French Guiana.

Authors:  Guillaume Martin-Blondel; Xavier Iriart; Fouad El Baidouri; Stéphane Simon; Deborah Mills; Magalie Demar; Thierry Pistone; Thomas Le Taillandier; Denis Malvy; Jean-Pierre Gangneux; Pierre Couppie; Wendy Munckhof; Bruno Marchou; Christophe Ravel; Antoine Berry
Journal:  Emerg Infect Dis       Date:  2015-05       Impact factor: 6.883

4.  Sand fly population dynamics and cutaneous leishmaniasis among soldiers in an Atlantic forest remnant in northeastern Brazil.

Authors:  Filipe Dantas-Torres; Kamila Gaudêncio da Silva Sales; Débora Elienai de Oliveira Miranda; Fernando José da Silva; Luciana Aguiar Figueredo; Fábio Lopes de Melo; Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito; Maria Sandra Andrade; Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2017-02-27

5.  Spatial distribution, Leishmania species and clinical traits of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis cases in the Colombian army.

Authors:  Luz H Patino; Claudia Mendez; Omaira Rodriguez; Yanira Romero; Daniel Velandia; Maria Alvarado; Julie Pérez; Maria Clara Duque; Juan David Ramírez
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2017-08-29
  5 in total

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