Preliminary observations of the urbanization and domiciliation of the American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Rio Branco, Acre, Western Amazon

ABSTRACT Background: The American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is expanding in peri-urban environments. Methods: An entomological survey was conducted in the area of the occurrence of an autochthonous urban case of ACL. Sandflies and a parasitological slide of the human case were submitted for molecular diagnosis. Results: Nyssomyia whitmani and Ny. antunesi were the most frequently collected species. Ny. whitmani and Bichromomyia flaviscutellata were positive for Leishmania guyanensis and L. lainsoni, respectively. The human case tested positive for L. lainsoni. Conclusions: Sandflies and Leishmania parasites present in urban forest may occur frequently in nearby domiciliary environments; thus, these areas must be monitored.

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Main Authors:	Brilhante,Andreia Fernandes, Zampieri,Ricardo Andrade, Souza,Eduardo Alcici de, Carneiro,Ana Carolina Gomes, Barroso,Edmilson Pereira, Ávila,Marcia Moreira de, Melchior,Leonardo Augusto Kohara, Souza,Janis Lunier de, Oliveira,Elizangela Soares de, Pinto,Maria Carmelinda Gonçalves, Floeter-Winter,Lucile Maria, Galati,Eunice Aparecida Bianchi
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2022
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822022000100632
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