Relato de caso autóctone de leishmaniose visceral canina na zona sul do município do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

RESUMOO Brasil enfrenta uma expansão e urbanização da leishmaniose visceral americana com casos humanos e caninos em várias cidades de grande porte. O presente relato descreve um caso de leishmaniose visceral canina autóctone em uma área não endêmica no município de Rio de Janeiro. Palavras-chaves: Leishmania. Cão. Diagnóstico. ABSTRACTBrazil is facing expansion and urbanization of American visceral leishmaniasis, with human and canine cases in several large-sized cities. This report describes an autochthonous case of canine visceral leishmaniasis in a nonendemic area in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro.

First Case of Autochthonous Human Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Urban Center of Rio De Janeiro: Case Report

“…Cases of the autochthonous transmission of canine visceral leishmaniasis were reported in the southern part of the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the Laranjeiras neighborhood, and in the city of Angra dos Reis 5,10 . Moreover, sporadic cases of tegumentary leishmaniasis have been reported in the country, especially in Pau da Fome in the Jacarepagua neighborhood 6 , and periurban cases of visceral leishmaniasis have been reported in the Maciço de Pedra Branca (Serra do Barata in Realengo and Rio da Prata in the district of Campo Grande) 7,8,12 and the continental slope of the Maciço de Gericinó 7 .…”

Visceral leishmaniasis in Southern Rio de Janeiro State and the risk of propagation to São Paulo State, Brazil

“…More recently, both asymptomatic and symptomatic canine infections have been detected in urban neighborhoods of the city including Laranjeiras (4) and Caju (Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro, 2013). In the large São Francisco Xavier Cemetery in Caju, there is a kennel with dozens of dogs, the majority of which are infected with L. i. chagasi.…”

Serological survey of cases of canine visceral leishmaniasis and evaluation of phlebotomine fauna on Marambaia Island, municipality of Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

“…The state of Rio de Janeiro is epidemiologically classified as a region of low incidence of AVL (Brasil, 2013); however, endemic areas have expanded dramatically in recent years. In 2009 and 2010, autochthonous cases of AVL were reported in the municipality of Maricá (de Paula et al, 2009) and in the neighborhood of Laranjeiras in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Figueiredo et al, 2010), respectively. In 2006, samples isolated in infected animals in the municipality of Mangaratiba were characterized as L. (L.) chagasi.…”