Leishmaniose tegumentar americana na Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro: IV. reservatórios doméstios

• Main Authors: Nelson A. de Araújo Filho, J. Rodrigues Coura, Vera Lúcia Lopes Reis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1981
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/cf1640749e974c0e84069231e0b08694

Durante um surto de Leishmaniose Tegumemar Americana (LTA) na Praia Vermelha, Ilha Grande, município de Angra dos Reis, RJ, durante o ano de 1976, os autores examinaram 64 animais domésticos sendo 38 cães e 28 gatos. Nos 38 cães examinados, constatou-se, através de exames histopatolúgicos, infecção natural pela Leishmaniose Tegumentar Americana em 4 (10,52%) cães que apresentavam úlceras com invasão de mucosas localizadas no focinho. During an outbreak of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in the year of 1976, the authors examined 64 domestic animais of which 38 were dogs and 28 were cats. Out of the 38 dogs that were examined they found, through histopathologics tests, natural infection by mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in four of them (10.52%) which present ulcers with invasion of the muzzles'mucosas.