Sá Magali Romero, Maia-Herzog Marilza
Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, RJ Brasil.
Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos. 2003 Jan-Apr;10(1):251-8. doi: 10.1590/s0104-59702003000100008.
Round worm is a parasite, Onchocera, and is transmitted by a black fly, simulidae; it can cause blindness. Originally from the African continent, where it is widespread, in Latin America it was first discovered in Guatemala in 1917; later instances were recorded in Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil. The establishment of this disease in the Americas has intrigued scientists since then and today it is an open question. The multidisciplinary project described in this research note aims to investigate historical aspects of the arrival and spread of the disease in Latin America and, to make comparative studies of the history of the disease on both continents. The increasing importance of the disease has meant greater value being attributed to collections of simuliídeo, whose Brazilian species were first studied by Adolpho Lutz at the beginning of the 20th century.
盘尾丝虫是一种寄生虫，属于盘尾属，由蚋科的黑蝇传播；它可导致失明。该病原产于非洲大陆，在那里广泛传播，1917年在拉丁美洲的危地马拉首次被发现；后来在墨西哥、委内瑞拉、哥伦比亚和巴西也有病例记录。自那时起，这种疾病在美洲的出现就引起了科学家的兴趣，如今这仍是一个悬而未决的问题。本研究报告中描述的多学科项目旨在调查该疾病在拉丁美洲出现和传播的历史方面，并对两大洲该疾病的历史进行比较研究。该疾病日益增加的重要性意味着蚋科昆虫标本的价值更高，巴西的蚋科物种最早是在20世纪初由阿道夫·卢茨进行研究的。
