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IDENTIFICATION OF Leishmania infantum IN PUERTO IGUAZÚ, MISIONES, ARGENTINA

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Title
IDENTIFICATION OF Leishmania infantum IN PUERTO IGUAZÚ, MISIONES, ARGENTINA
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, January 2015
DOI 10.1590/s0036-46652015000200013
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Lucrecia Acosta, Ricardo Díaz, Pedro Torres, Gustavo Silva, Marina Ramos, Gladys Fattore, Enrique J Deschutter, Fernando J Bornay-Llinares

Abstract

 The emergence of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) in Latin America is a growing public health problem. The urbanization of ZVL has been observed in different countries around the world, and there are a growing number of reports drawing attention to the emergence of this infection in new locations, as well as its increase in previously established areas of endemicity. In the city of Posadas, Misiones province, Northeastern Argentina, the transmission of ZVL associated with canines and Lutzomyia longipalpis was first reported in 2006. In the city of Puerto Iguazú, also in Misiones province, the first human case of ZVL was reported in February 2014. From 209 surveyed dogs, 15 (7.17%) were identified as positive by serological and/or parasitological methods. Amplification was observed in 14 samples and in all cases the species implicated was Leishmania infantum. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first molecular characterization of L. infantum from dogs in this area.

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Unknown 44 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 10 23%
Researcher 6 14%
Other 5 11%
Student > Bachelor 5 11%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 5%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 13 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 11 25%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 7%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 2 5%
Other 4 9%
Unknown 13 30%
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