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1. Differential serodiagnosis of human infections caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. using ELISA with a recombinant antigen (rTc24).

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Passos VM, Volpini AC, Braga EM, Lacerda PA, Ouaissi A, Lima-Martins MV, and Krettli AU

Subjects
Adult, Animals, Child, Diagnosis, Differential, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Humans, Male, Serologic Tests, Antigens, Protozoan blood, Chagas Disease blood, Chagas Disease diagnosis, Leishmania immunology, Leishmaniasis blood, Leishmaniasis diagnosis, Recombinant Proteins blood, Trypanosoma cruzi immunology
Published
1997
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3. Epidemiological aspects of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in a periurban area of the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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Passos VM, Falcão AL, Marzochi MC, Gontijo CM, Dias ES, Barbosa-Santos EG, Guerra HL, and Katz N

Subjects
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Animals, Brazil epidemiology, Child, Child, Preschool, Cross-Sectional Studies, Dog Diseases epidemiology, Dogs, Female, Humans, Infant, Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous diagnosis, Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous transmission, Male, Middle Aged, Skin Tests methods, Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous epidemiology
Abstract

In order to characterize the epidemiology of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) in a periurban area of the municipality of Sabará in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte (MRBH), an area until then considered free of the disease, a cross sectional survey was undertaken in 1990. The survey of the population consisted of 1119 interviews and 881 clinical examinations using Montenegro's skin test (MST). A low prevalence (3.7%) of positive MST was encountered. The disease had been occurring in the area for about 20 years in the form of sporadic cases. The predominant species of sandfly both in domestic areas and nearby areas of secondary vegetation was Lutzomyia whitmani. A canine survey of delayed hypersensitivity to the antigen P10,000 identified only one dog with a positive reaction out of 113 examined. The transmission of ACL in MRBH was confirmed. The occurrence of the disease in women, children and individuals with no contact with forest areas as well as the presence of potential vector species in the domiciliar environment, suggests the transmission of the disease in this environment.

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1993
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