Epidemiological and nosological aspects of Leishmania naiffi Lainson & Shaw, 1989
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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86(3): 317-21, jul.-set. 1991. tab
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Leismania naiffi was isolated from 10 out of 64 armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) examined in Amazonas, Pará and Rondônia States in the Brazilian Amazon Region. The isolates were obtained in culture from samples of liver (3), spleen (3), lymph nodes (2), skin (1) and blood (1) from the infected animals. Heavy infections with the same parasite were detected for the first time in Psychodopygus squamiventris, a common man-biting phlebotomine, in amazonas and Pará. A new case of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. naiffi is described from the Manaus area, making a total of three known cases of human infection by this parasite
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Main subject:
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
1991
Type:
Article
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