Force of infection and evolution of lesions of canine tegumentary leishmaniasis in Northwestern Argentina
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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96(5): 649-652, July 2001. tab
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RESUMO
A clinical-serological follow-up was carried out in a canine population in endemic foci of Leishmania braziliensis spread in northwestern Argentina. Each dog was studied in at least two visits, 309 + or - 15 days (X + or - SE) apart. Some initially healthy dogs (n=52) developed seroconversion or lesions. The clinical evolution of the disease in dogs resembles in many aspects the human disease. Similarities include the long duration of most ulcers with occasional healing or appearance of new ones and the late appearance of erosive snout lesions in some animals. Yearly incidence rates of 22.7 percent for seroconversion and of 13.5 percent for disease were calculated as indicators of the force of infection by this parasite upon the canine population
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Assunto principal:
Leishmania braziliensis
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Leishmaniose Cutânea
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Animais
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Argentina
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitologia
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Argentina
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad Nacional de Salta/AR
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Universidad de Buenos Aires/AR
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