Observações sobre calazar em Jacobina, Bahia. VI - Investigações sobre reservatórios silvestres e comensais

Abstract

OBSERVAÇÕES SOBRE CALAZAR EM JACOBINA, BAHIA. VI -INVESTIGAÇÕES SOBRE RESERVATÓRIOS SILVESTRES E COMENSAIS.

Ecological interactions of visceral leishmaniasis in the state of Bahia, Brazil

“…amazonensis s.l. was isolated from visceral human cases (Barral et al 1986) and from opossum's blood (Sherlock et al 1984(Sherlock et al ,1988b in Jacobina. Both species of leishmania were easily maintained in culture media and have easily infected hamster and Lu.…”

“…Also, the histopathologic examination of experimentally infected specimens, with the same opossum strain of Le. chagasi, only revealed amastigotes in the spleen, and liver granuloma formation, as in the non evolutive forms of visceral leishmaniasis (Sherlock et al 1988b).…”

Lutzomyia longipalpis and the eco-epidemiology of American visceral leishmaniasis, with particular reference to Brazil: a review

“…Other wild animal hosts of L. i. chagasi Sherlock et al (1984Sherlock et al ( , 1988 isolated L. i. chagasi from two opossums, Didelphis albiventris, captured in a focus of AVL in Jacobina, Bahia, but considered that it was unlikely that this animal represented an important reservoir of the parasite because of the very low infection-rate (two of 84 examined).…”

Leishmania chagasi in Opossums (Didelphis albiventris) in an Urban Area Endemic for Visceral Leishmaniasis, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

“…[1][2][3] Other animals have also been investigated with regard to their role in the transmission of this disease, with major attention given to synanthropic animals, especially opossums (Didelphis spp.). 2,4,5 There is evidence that the presence of opossums in the same area as canine transmission is a predisposing factor for canine infection, although the role of these animals as reservoirs and their impact on the transmission of L. infantum chagasi in urban areas are not completely established. Nonetheless, opossums are usually found in urban areas.…”