de Paula Cíntia Cristiane, Figueiredo Fabiano Borges, Menezes Rodrigo Caldas, Mouta-Confort Eliame, Bogio Alessandra, Madeira Maria de Fátima
Laboratório de Vigilância em Leishmanioses, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2009 Jan-Feb;42(1):77-8. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822009000100016.
Visceral leishmaniasis is a zoonosis of public health importance, and dogs represent one of the main problems. This paper describes the first autochthonous case of canine visceral leishmaniasis in the municipality of Maricá. It provides new facts regarding the geographical distribution of Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi in the State of Rio de Janeiro.
内脏利什曼病是一种具有公共卫生重要性的人畜共患病,而狗是主要问题之一。本文描述了马里卡市首例犬内脏利什曼病本地病例。它提供了关于里约热内卢州恰加斯利什曼原虫(利什曼原虫)地理分布的新情况。