Thiago Vasconcelos Dos Santos1, Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo2, Marinete Marins Póvoa1, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel3. 1. Instituto Evandro Chagas, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil. 2. Instituto de Pesquisas Cientificas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil. 3. Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Vigilância Entomológica em Diptera e Hemiptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: : The present note discusses some evidence on the increasing potential risk for American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) transmission in the Northern Brazilian State of Amapá, the Guianan-Amazon biome. METHODS: Early and present data about AVL were collected, including our recent entomological findings. RESULTS: : The spread of the sand fly vector Lutzomyia longipalpis, and a sylvatic reservoir host, the crab-eating fox Cerdocyon thous in that region represents important findings related to the epidemiology of AVL in the Guianan-Amazon biome. CONCLUSIONS: : These observations suggest that Brazilian authorities need to develop surveillance strategies in these risk areas.
INTRODUCTION: : The present note discusses some evidence on the increasing potential risk for American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) transmission in the Northern Brazilian State of Amapá, the Guianan-Amazon biome. METHODS: Early and present data about AVL were collected, including our recent entomological findings. RESULTS: : The spread of the sand fly vector Lutzomyia longipalpis, and a sylvatic reservoir host, the crab-eating fox Cerdocyon thous in that region represents important findings related to the epidemiology of AVL in the Guianan-Amazon biome. CONCLUSIONS: : These observations suggest that Brazilian authorities need to develop surveillance strategies in these risk areas.
Authors: Eduardo Stramandinoli Moreno; Luiz Alberto Sabioni; Marina Maria Moraes de Seixas; Job Alves de Souza Filho; Andreza Pain Marcelino; Paloma Helena Fernandes Shimabukuro Journal: Rev Soc Bras Med Trop Date: 2019-12-20 Impact factor: 1.581