Atuação da Vigilância Ambiental em saúde no controle da Leishmaniose visceral em condomínio horizontal na região administrativa Jardim Botânico, Distrito Federal / Performance of Environmental Health surveillance in controlling visceral leishmaniasis in horizontal condominium administrative region Botanical Garden, Federal District

A Leishmaniose visceral é uma zoonose que ocorre nas regiões subtropicais e tropicais, causada pela Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi, no Novo e no Velho Mundo. No Brasil, a Leishmaniose Visceral Canina (LVC) coexiste com a doença humana e os cães são seu reservatório doméstico. A eutanásia do cão é criticada por isso enfrenta limitações. Este artigo descreve a atuação da Vigilância Ambiental em Saúde frente a dois casos de Leishmaniose Visceral Humana (LVH) em um condomínio da Região Administrativa Jardim Botânico, do Distrito Federal no ano de 2012. Apesar das ações de vigilância e controle de LV adotadas no DF, a doença permanece em áreas urbanas e rurais.

Visceral leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease that occurs in subtropical and tropical regions, caused by Leishmania ( Leishmania) chagasi in the New and Old World. In Brazil, Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis (CVL) coexists with human disease and dogs are their domestic reservoir. Euthanasia dog is criticized for it has limitations. This article describes the work of the Environmental Health Surveillance front of two cases of Leishmaniasis Human Visceral (LVH) in a condominium Administrative Region Botanical Garden, Federal District in 2012. Despite the surveil lance and LV control adopted in DF the disease remains in urban and rural areas.

Molecular detection of Trypanosoma sp. and Blastocrithidia sp. (Trypanosomatidae) in phlebotomine sand flies (Psychodidae) in the Federal District of Brazil.

INTRODUCTION: This study describes the occurrence of trypanosomatids in phlebotomines in Brasília, Brazil. METHODS: Two hundred and ten females of 13 sand fly species were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using different molecular markers (D7 24Sα rRNA, kDNA, and ITS1) and sequencing. RESULTS: PCR revealed trypanosomatid-positive samples from Nyssomyia whitmani and Evandromyia evandroi, which were negative by kDNA and ITS1 Leishmania-specific PCRs. DNA sequence analysis of D7 24Sα rRNA amplicons indicated the occurrence of Blastocrithidia sp. and Trypanosoma sp. in Nyssomyia whitmani and Evandromyia evandroi, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Two trypanosomatid species other than Leishmania sp. were found to circulate in sand flies in Central Brazil.