Etiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis and anthropophilic vectors in Juruti, Pará State, Brazil.
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 same location revealed the presence of 12 different phlebotomine species (n =105). One of the most common species was Lutzomyia (Psychodopygus) complexa (17%) which is both highly anthropophilic and a known vector of L. (V.) braziliensis in other regions of Pará. These preliminary findings should serve to guide future epidemiological surveillance in Juruti.
Seção de Parasitologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ananindeua, Brasil. lourdesgarcez@iec.pa.gov.br
Lourdes Maria
LM
Garcez
Daniela Cristina
DC
Soares
Anadeiva Portela
AP
Chagas
Gilberto César Rodrigues
GC
de Souza
Jefferson Francisco Correia
JF
Miranda
Habib
H
Fraiha
Lucile Maria
LM
Flöeter-Winter
Heloísa Marceliano
HM
Nunes
Ricardo Andrade
RA
Zampiere
Jeffrey Jon
JJ
Shaw
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007892:Leishmania braziliensis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000469:parasitology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction