Seção de Parasitologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ananindeua, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2009 Oct;25(10):2291-5. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2009001000019.
In a preliminary study in Juruti, a mining municipality in western Pará State, Brazil, 12 out of 21 patients suspected of presenting cutaneous leishmaniasis showed positive PCR (SSUrDNA and G6PD): Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis (9/12; 75%) and L. (V.) sp. (3/12; 25%). Entomological studies in the same location revealed the presence of 12 different phlebotomine species (n =105). One of the most common species was Lutzomyia (Psychodopygus) complexa (17%) which is both highly anthropophilic and a known vector of L. (V.) braziliensis in other regions of Pará. These preliminary findings should serve to guide future epidemiological surveillance in Juruti.
在巴西帕拉州西部的一个矿业市镇茹鲁蒂的初步研究中，21 名疑似患有皮肤利什曼病的患者中有 12 名 PCR（SSUrDNA 和 G6PD）检测呈阳性：巴西利什曼原虫（9/12；75%）和 L.（V.）sp.（3/12；25%）。在同一地点进行的昆虫学研究发现了 12 种不同的白蛉（n=105）。最常见的物种之一是 Lutzomyia（Psychodopygus）complexa（17%），它既高度嗜人，又是在帕拉州其他地区传播 L.（V.）braziliensis 的已知媒介。这些初步发现应该有助于指导茹鲁蒂未来的流行病学监测。
