American cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak, Tartagal city, province of Salta, Argentina, 1993
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
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43(2): 105-108, Mar.-Apr. 2001. tab
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RESUMO
An American cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak, with cases clustering during 1993 in Tartagal city, Salta, was reported. The outbreak involved 102 individuals, 43.1 percent of them with multiple ulcers. Age (mean 33 years old) and sex distribution of cases (74.5 percent males), as well as working activity (70 forest-related), support the hypothesis of classical forest transmission leishmaniasis, despite the fact that the place of permanent residence was in periurban Tartagal. Moreover, during July, sandflies were only collected from one of the 'deforestation areas'. Lutzomyia intermedia was the single species of the 491 phlebotomines captured, reinforcing the vector incrimination of this species. Most infections must have been acquired during the fall (April to June), a pattern consistent with previous sandfly population dynamics data. Based on the epidemiological and entomological results, it was advised not to do any vector-targeted periurban control measures during July. Further studies should be done to assess if the high rate of multiple lesions was due to parasite factors or to infective vector density factors
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Main subject:
Argentina
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Psychodidae
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Seasons
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Disease Outbreaks
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Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
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Insect Vectors
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Argentina
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación en Endemoepidemias CeNDIE-ANLIS 'Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán/AR
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Ministerio de Salud Pública/AR
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Programa Nacional de Control de Vectores/AR
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