Instituto de Geriatria e Gerontologia da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Universidade Ritter do Reis (Uniritter), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Braz J Infect Dis. 2019 Mar-Apr;23(2):124-129. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2019.04.004. Epub 2019 May 21.
Human visceral leishmaniasis is a growing anthropozoonosis in Brazil, and particularly in the southern region of the country. It is an infectious disease transmitted to humans, dogs and other animals in urban and rural areas of the Americas, mainly due to the bite of Lutzomya longipalpis infected with Leishmania infantum. This article aims to portray the current epidemiological situation of the human visceral leishmaniasis arrival in Porto Alegre city, located in the southern region of Brazil. It is a descriptive study, a case series and a critical review. Six human cases with human visceral leishmaniasis were notified by the date of conclusion of the study, all human visceral leishmaniasis cases were diagnosed at late stage, leading to four deaths.
人体内脏利什曼病在巴西呈上升趋势,尤其是在该国南部地区。这是一种传染病,可通过感染利什曼原虫的卢特佐米亚长腭舌蝇在城市和农村地区的人类、狗和其他动物之间传播。本文旨在描述巴西南部城市阿雷格里港人体内脏利什曼病传入的现状。这是一项描述性研究、病例系列和批判性回顾。在研究结束时报告了六个人类内脏利什曼病病例,所有人类内脏利什曼病病例均在晚期诊断,导致四人死亡。