Data/hora: 05/06/2024 18:15:24

Provedor de dados: 	55	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Epidemiological aspects of the first human autochthonous visceral leishmaniosis cases in Porto Alegre, Brazil	
Autores: 	Mahmud,Ibrahim Clós; Piassini,Letícia de Araujo Saraiva; Motta,Fabrizio; Behar,Paulo Renato Petersen; Souza,Getúlio Dornelles.	
Data: 	2019-03-01	
Ano: 	2019	
Palavras-chave: 	Visceral leishmaniasis; Fever caused by sandflies; Communicable diseases; Leishmania infantum.	
Resumo: 	ABSTRACT Human visceral leishmaniasis is a growing anthropozoonosis in Brazil, and particularly in the southern region of the country. It is an infectious disease transmitted to humans, dogs and other animals in urban and rural areas of the Americas, mainly due to the bite of Lutzomya longipalpis infected with Leishmania infantum. This article aims to portray the current epidemiological situation of the human visceral leishmaniasis arrival in Porto Alegre city, located in the southern region of Brazil. It is a descriptive study, a case series and a critical review. Six human cases with human visceral leishmaniasis were notified by the date of conclusion of the study, all human visceral leishmaniasis cases were diagnosed at late stage, leading to four deaths.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/report	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702019000200124	
Editor: 	Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases	
Relação: 	10.1016/j.bjid.2019.04.004	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.23 n.2 2019	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess