Artículo
The perfect storm: Cutaneous leishmaniasis in troops deployed in the Atlantic forest of Argentina
Lamattina, Daniela
; Couto, Esteban Manuel; Moya, Sofía Lorián
; Giuliani, Magalí Gabriela; Cortés, Micaela; Vadell, María Victoria
; Salomón, Oscar Daniel
Fecha de publicación:
02/2024
Editorial:
Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
Revista:
Zoonoses and Public Health
ISSN:
1863-1959
Idioma:
Inglés
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Resumen
American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) is the most prevalent form of leishmaniasis, associated with an ulcerative and stigmatizing mucocutaneous pathology. This study assessed the incidence of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in members of the Argentine Army that were exposed to sandfly bites in Iguazú National Park (INP), northeastern Argentina, during an outbreak of ACL in 2019, and the presence of Leishmania in rodents, opossums and phlebotomine sandflies collected in the area of exposure. Samples from military personnel, wild animals and phlebotomine sandflies were analyzed. A total of 20 (40%) patients among the Army personnel and two Akodon montensis rodents (11%) were positive for the presence of Leishmania sp. genes by PCR, while Nyssomyia whitmani and Migonemyia migonei, competent vectors of Leishmania, were also found at the same site. Sequences of hsp70 DNA fragments obtained from human samples confirmed the identity of L. (V.) braziliensis. The risk to which military personnel carrying out activities in the forest are exposed is highlighted, and this risk extends to any worker and visitor who circulates without protection in the INP, coming into contact with transmission "hot spots" due to the concentration of vectors, reservoirs and/or parasites.
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Lamattina, Daniela; Couto, Esteban Manuel; Moya, Sofía Lorián; Giuliani, Magalí Gabriela; Cortés, Micaela; et al.; The perfect storm: Cutaneous leishmaniasis in troops deployed in the Atlantic forest of Argentina; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Zoonoses and Public Health; 71; 3; 2-2024; 267-273
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