Increasing potential risk for American visceral leishmaniasis in Amapá, Brazil

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The present note discusses some evidence on the increasing potential risk for American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) transmission in the Northern Brazilian State of Amapá, the Guianan-Amazon biome. METHODS Early and present data about AVL were collected, including our recent e...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Thiago Vasconcelos dos Santos, Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo, Marinete Marins Póvoa, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects:
American visceral leishmaniasis
Epidemiology
Risk
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0308-2016
https://doaj.org/article/550b093b5b1b46c0a6bf2b7b6d892ff5
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Summary:Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The present note discusses some evidence on the increasing potential risk for American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) transmission in the Northern Brazilian State of Amapá, the Guianan-Amazon biome. METHODS Early and present data about AVL were collected, including our recent entomological findings. RESULTS: The spread of the sand fly vector Lutzomyia longipalpis, and a sylvatic reservoir host, the crab-eating fox Cerdocyon thous in that region represents important findings related to the epidemiology of AVL in the Guianan-Amazon biome. CONCLUSIONS: These observations suggest that Brazilian authorities need to develop surveillance strategies in these risk areas.

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