1983
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(83)90185-2
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Abstract: As the first species of Leishmania encountered were the agents of human visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis, it is understandable that studies on these parasites for a long time concentrated on those organisms commonly causing disease in man. Epidemiological studies over the past 20 years or so, however, have led to the inescapable conclusion that the genus Leishmania is comprised of numerous species of well adapted parasites, in a wide range of mammals, throughout most of those tropical and subtropical regio… Show more

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“…"Andean type" occurs usually as single lesion, measuring less than 5 mm in diameter; most of them are crusted papules with plenty parasites, and reported to be caused only by L. (L.) mexicana and L. (L.) major-like (Armijos et al 1990. The lesions here are clinically similar to "uta" described in the highlands of Peru; however the parasite species and the vector are different (Lainson 1983). Whereas "lowland type" is larger, usually wet with secondary bacterial infection and multiple lesions.…”
Section: Clinical Forms and Their Causative Parasitessupporting
confidence: 60%
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“…"Andean type" occurs usually as single lesion, measuring less than 5 mm in diameter; most of them are crusted papules with plenty parasites, and reported to be caused only by L. (L.) mexicana and L. (L.) major-like (Armijos et al 1990. The lesions here are clinically similar to "uta" described in the highlands of Peru; however the parasite species and the vector are different (Lainson 1983). Whereas "lowland type" is larger, usually wet with secondary bacterial infection and multiple lesions.…”
Section: Clinical Forms and Their Causative Parasitessupporting
confidence: 60%
“…For Andean leishmaniasis the parasite is reported to belongs only to the subgenus Leishmania: L. mexicana for 82.4% (28/34) and L. major-like (Armijos et al 1990, where lesions resembled to "uta" of Andean valleys of Peru; but the causative agent there is identified as L. (V.) peruviana (Lainson et al 1983) hence, further studies with a standardized methodology have to be established in order to enable comparisons between both foci. L. major-like parasite had also been reported from Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela, and Mexico (Cupolillo et al 1994, Yamasaki et al 1994 suggesting that some of these populations may have been imported into the Americas (Momen et al 1993).…”
Section: Parasite Distributionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…71 A better understanding of all Leishmania species life cycles, including a subtle grasp of their specific vectors and particular reservoir hosts ecologies, may help in future prevention and/or control of the diseases they cause. 21 The study of the pathogenic complexes and their respective eco-epidemiology should be conducted in parallel with prophylactic and therapeutic studies.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[19][20][21][22] In the GEC, AVL is rural, sporadic or endemic, and domestic or peri-domestic. The disease is wide-spread in Brazil.…”
Section: American Visceral Leishmaniasis American Visceral Leishmanimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…hirsutus hirsutus (Mangabeira) (Rangel et al 1985, Santos de Marco et al 2002, Souza et al 2004, Saraiva et al 2006. These species are suspected to be involved in the transmission cycle of L. (V.) braziliensis elsewhere in Brazil (Lainson 1983, Killick-Kendrick 1990, Peterson & Shaw 2003, Rangel & Lainson 2003, with the exception of Bi. flaviscutellata which is the primary vector of L. (L.) amazonensis (Lainson & Shaw 2005).…”
Section: Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species Recently Recorded In Minasmentioning
confidence: 99%