THE IDENTITY OF LEISHMANIA ISOLATED FROM SAND FLIES AND VERTEBRATE HOSTS IN A MAJOR FOCUS OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS IN BATURITE, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

被引：30

作者：

VASCONCELOS, IAB

VASCONCELOS, AW

FE, NM

QUEIROZ, RG

SANTANA, EW

BOZZA, M

SALLENAVE, SM

VALIM, C

DAVID, JR

LOPES, UG

机构：

[1] UNIV FED RIO DE JANEIRO, INST BIOFIS CARLOS CHAGAS FILHO, BR-21949 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

[2] FDN INST OSWALDO CRUZ, ESCOLA NACL SAUDE PUBL, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

[3] HARVARD UNIV, SCH PUBL HLTH, DEPT TROP PUBL HLTH, BOSTON, MA 02115 USA

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE | 1994年 / 50卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.4269/ajtmh.1994.50.158

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

During a field investigation carried out in Baturite, Brazil from 1989 to 1991, sand flies, sympatric rodents, domestic dogs and humans were surveyed for leishmaniasis. Twenty strains of Leishmania were isolated by in vitro culture from Lutzomyia whitmani, three strains were obtained from Rattus rattus, two strains from dogs, and five strains from humans. The isolates were characterized by isoenzyme electrophoresis by hybridization with kinetoplast DNA-specific probes. All the samples were identified as L. (Viannia) braziliensis. The importance of these results in the dynamics of the Leishmania infection in this focus is discussed.

引用

页码：158 / 164

页数：7

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