Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: trends and challenges
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Resumo: | The urbanization of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil has been related to environmental changes, migration, interaction and spread of sylvatic reservoirs and infected dogs to areas with no transmission, and adaptation of the vector Lutzomyia longipalpis to the peridomiciliary environment. From 1980 to 2005, Brazil recorded 59,129 cases of visceral leishmaniasis, 82.5% of which in the Northeast region. Visceral leishmaniasis gradually spread to other regions of the country: in 1998 these other regions reported 15% of all cases, but by 2005 this proportion had increased to 44%. From 1998 to 2005, indigenous cases were reported in 1,904 different municipalities of the country (34.2%). Reservoir and vector control pose major challenges for disease control, since there is a need for better knowledge of vector behavior in urban areas, and control activities involve high operational costs. In recent years the Brazilian Ministry of Health has supported research on the laboratory diagnosis of infection and disease in humans and dogs, treatment of patients, evaluation of the effectiveness of control strategies, and development of new technologies that could contribute to the surveillance and control of visceral leishmaniasis in the country. |
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Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: trends and challengesDisease ReservoirsVector ControlVisceral LeishmaniasisUrbanizationEpidemiological SurveillanceThe urbanization of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil has been related to environmental changes, migration, interaction and spread of sylvatic reservoirs and infected dogs to areas with no transmission, and adaptation of the vector Lutzomyia longipalpis to the peridomiciliary environment. From 1980 to 2005, Brazil recorded 59,129 cases of visceral leishmaniasis, 82.5% of which in the Northeast region. Visceral leishmaniasis gradually spread to other regions of the country: in 1998 these other regions reported 15% of all cases, but by 2005 this proportion had increased to 44%. From 1998 to 2005, indigenous cases were reported in 1,904 different municipalities of the country (34.2%). Reservoir and vector control pose major challenges for disease control, since there is a need for better knowledge of vector behavior in urban areas, and control activities involve high operational costs. In recent years the Brazilian Ministry of Health has supported research on the laboratory diagnosis of infection and disease in humans and dogs, treatment of patients, evaluation of the effectiveness of control strategies, and development of new technologies that could contribute to the surveillance and control of visceral leishmaniasis in the country.Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz2008-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2008001200024Cadernos de Saúde Pública v.24 n.12 2008reponame:Cadernos de Saúde Públicainstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)instacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0102-311X2008001200024info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMaia-Elkhoury,Ana Nilce SilveiraAlves,Waneska A.Sousa-Gomes,Márcia Leite deSena,Joana Martins deLuna,Expedito A.eng2008-12-09T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0102-311X2008001200024Revistahttp://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/csp/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpcadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br||cadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br1678-44640102-311Xopendoar:2008-12-09T00:00Cadernos de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)false |
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Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: trends and challenges |
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Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: trends and challenges |
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Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: trends and challenges Maia-Elkhoury,Ana Nilce Silveira Disease Reservoirs Vector Control Visceral Leishmaniasis Urbanization Epidemiological Surveillance |
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Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: trends and challenges |
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Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: trends and challenges |
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Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: trends and challenges |
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Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: trends and challenges |
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Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: trends and challenges |
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Maia-Elkhoury,Ana Nilce Silveira |
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Maia-Elkhoury,Ana Nilce Silveira Alves,Waneska A. Sousa-Gomes,Márcia Leite de Sena,Joana Martins de Luna,Expedito A. |
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Alves,Waneska A. Sousa-Gomes,Márcia Leite de Sena,Joana Martins de Luna,Expedito A. |
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Maia-Elkhoury,Ana Nilce Silveira Alves,Waneska A. Sousa-Gomes,Márcia Leite de Sena,Joana Martins de Luna,Expedito A. |
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Disease Reservoirs Vector Control Visceral Leishmaniasis Urbanization Epidemiological Surveillance |
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Disease Reservoirs Vector Control Visceral Leishmaniasis Urbanization Epidemiological Surveillance |
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The urbanization of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil has been related to environmental changes, migration, interaction and spread of sylvatic reservoirs and infected dogs to areas with no transmission, and adaptation of the vector Lutzomyia longipalpis to the peridomiciliary environment. From 1980 to 2005, Brazil recorded 59,129 cases of visceral leishmaniasis, 82.5% of which in the Northeast region. Visceral leishmaniasis gradually spread to other regions of the country: in 1998 these other regions reported 15% of all cases, but by 2005 this proportion had increased to 44%. From 1998 to 2005, indigenous cases were reported in 1,904 different municipalities of the country (34.2%). Reservoir and vector control pose major challenges for disease control, since there is a need for better knowledge of vector behavior in urban areas, and control activities involve high operational costs. In recent years the Brazilian Ministry of Health has supported research on the laboratory diagnosis of infection and disease in humans and dogs, treatment of patients, evaluation of the effectiveness of control strategies, and development of new technologies that could contribute to the surveillance and control of visceral leishmaniasis in the country. |
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz |
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz |
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