Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil

Trends and Challenges

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5224892
AutoresAna Nilce Silveira Maia-Elkhoury (Ministério da Saúde, Brasil), Ana Nilce Silveira Maia‐Elkhoury (0000-0001-5369-5860, Universidade de Brasília), Waneska Alexandra Alves (0000-0002-2893-8768, Universidade de Brasília), Márcia Leite De Sousa-Gomes (Ministério da Saúde, Brasil), Joana Martins De Sena (Ministério da Saúde, Brasil), Expedito A Luna (Universidade de São Paulo)
Año2008
Volumen24
Número12
Páginas2941-2947
Fecha de publicación2008-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x2008001200024
PMID19082286
OpenAlexW2147093085
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2008001200024
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas14

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

Biology · Christian ministry · Disease · Environmental health · Environmental protection · Geography · Leishmaniasis · Pathology · Political science · Socioeconomics · Transmission (telecommunications) · Urbanization · Vector (molecular biology) · Visceral leishmaniasis · Ecology · Immunology · Medicine · Research on Leishmaniasis Studies · Trypanosoma species research and implications