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Mollinedo, Juan Sergio
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Mollinedo, Zoraida Aymara
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Gironda, Wilson Julio
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Mollinedo, René Edmundo
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Mollinedo, Pavel
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Salomón, Oscar Daniel
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2023-08-15T13:04:51Z
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2020-10
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Mollinedo, Juan Sergio; Mollinedo, Zoraida Aymara; Gironda, Wilson Julio; Mollinedo, René Edmundo; Mollinedo, Pavel; et al.; Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bolivia: Current Status; Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical; Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical; 53; 10-2020; 1-9
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0037-8682
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http://hdl.handle.net/11336/208278
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Introduction: In Bolivia, before 1982 there were no records of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases that would allow us to review and describe the temporospatial occurrence of VL by ecoregions in provinces and departments of Bolivia to evaluate its impact on public health, risk of outbreaks, or dispersion. Methods: This update on VL in Bolivia is based on research, reviews, and retrospective literature analyses of online data and libraries and institutional reports, from 1939 to the present. Results: In Bolivia, 56 cases of VL have been reported. Until 2014, only three endemic departments had been identified (La Paz, Santa Cruz, and Tarija). Since then, further cases have been recorded in Pando, Cochabamba, and Beni, and in Chuquisaca in 2015. In Yungas, a VL focus was confirmed by isolating and comparing parasites from human and dog cases, and from the Lu. longipalpis vector. VL cases from seven departments, involving 12 different ecoregions were located within the Amazon and Plata basins. Conclusions: We confirmed that dogs are its primary reservoir, and Lutzomyia longipalpis is its main vector (currently dispersed in six departments). The primary vectors in areas where Lutzomyia longipalpis is absent are Migonemyia migonei and Lutzomyia cruzi.
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eng
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/
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BOLIVIA
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LEISHMANIA INFANTUM
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LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS
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VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS
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Medicina Tropical
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Ciencias de la Salud
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CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD
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Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bolivia: Current Status
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2021-02-10T21:03:51Z
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1678-9849
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53
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1-9
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Brasil
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Uberaba
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Fil: Mollinedo, Juan Sergio. Instituto de Salud y Medio Ambiente; Bolivia
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Fil: Mollinedo, Zoraida Aymara. Universidad Amazónica de Pando; Bolivia
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Fil: Gironda, Wilson Julio. Sociedad Boliviana de Entomología; Bolivia
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Fil: Mollinedo, René Edmundo. Ministerio de Salud de Bolivia; Bolivia
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Fil: Mollinedo, Pavel. Instituto de Salud y Medio Ambiente; Bolivia
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Fil: Salomón, Oscar Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán". Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical; Argentina
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Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0421-2019
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