Transmission of Leishmania in coffee plantations of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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97(5): 627-630, July 2002. tab
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ABSTRACT
Transmission of Leishmania was studied in 27 coffee plantations in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais. Eighteen females and six males (11.6 percent of the people tested), aged between 7-65 gave a positive response to the Montenegro skin test. Awareness of sand flies based on the ability of respondents to identify the insects using up to seven predetermined characteristics was significantly greater among inhabitants of houses occupied by at least one Mn+ve individual. Five species of phlebotomine sand fly, including three suspected Leishmania vectors, were collected within plantations under three different cultivation systems. Four of these species i.e., Lu. fischeri (Pinto 1926), Lu. migonei (França 1920), Lu. misionensis (Castro 1959) and Lutzomyia whitmani (Antunes & Coutinho 1939) were collected in an organic plantation and the last of these was also present in the other two plantation types. The remaining species, Lu. intermedia (Lutz & Neiva 1912), was collected in plantations under both the "adensado" and "convencional" systems. The results of this study indicate that transmission of Leishmania to man in coffee-growing areas of Minas Gerais may involve phlebotomine sand flies that inhabit plantations
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Asunto principal:
Psychodidae
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Leishmaniasis Cutánea
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Agricultura
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Leishmania
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Animales
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitología
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Emater-MG/BR
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Fiocruz/BR
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Universidade de Alfenas/BR
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