Etiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis and anthropophilic vectors in Juruti, Pará State, Brazil Etiologia da leishmaniose cutânea e vetores antropofílicos em Juruti, Estado do Pará, Brasil

Etiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis and anthropophilic vectors in Juruti, Pará State, Brazil Etiologia da leishmaniose cutânea e vetores antropofílicos em Juruti, Estado do Pará, Brasil

In a preliminary study in Juruti, a mining municipality in western Pará State, Brazil, 12 out of 21 patients suspected of presenting cutaneous leishmaniasis showed positive PCR (SSUrDNA and G6PD): Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis (9/12; 75%) and L. (V.) sp. (3/12; 25%). Entomological studies in the...

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Main Authors: Lourdes Maria Garcez, Daniela Cristina Soares, Anadeiva Portela Chagas, Gilberto César Rodrigues de Souza, Jefferson Francisco Correia Miranda, Habib Fraiha, Lucile Maria Flöeter-Winter, Heloísa Marceliano Nunes, Ricardo Andrade Zampiere, Jeffrey Jon Shaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2009-10-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Leishmaniose Cutânea
Leishmania
Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
Entomologia
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Entomology
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