Falqueto A, Coura J R, Barros G C, Grimaldi Filho G, Sessa P A, Carias V R, dé Jesus A C, de Alencar J T
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1986 Apr-Jun;81(2):155-63. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02761986000200004.
In an endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Viana municipality, Espírito Santo state, an investigation was performed on natural hosts of Leishmania among domestic animals, trying to correlate the presence of infected animals with the occurrence of the disease in humans. Within a three weeks period 186 dogs were examined and 32 (17.2%) were found infected. Eleven new cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis were recorded during one year, among people living in the endemic area. A close relationship was observed between the presence of infected dogs and the occurrence of human leishmaniasis. In the area studied, the disease seems to behave as a zoonosis maintained by domestic dogs.
在圣埃斯皮里图州维亚纳市皮肤利什曼病的流行地区，对家畜中利什曼原虫的自然宿主进行了调查，试图将感染动物的存在与人类疾病的发生联系起来。在三周内检查了186只狗，发现32只（17.2%）感染。在流行地区生活的人群中，一年内记录了11例新的皮肤利什曼病病例。观察到感染狗的存在与人类利什曼病的发生之间存在密切关系。在所研究的地区，该病似乎表现为由家犬维持的人畜共患病。
