2003
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892003000300006
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Epidemiological aspects of human and canine visceral leishmaniasis in Venezuela

Abstract: Human and canine VL are unevenly distributed in Venezuela. The distribution may reflect such factors as differences among the states in human population density, vector density, and the presence or absence of other trypanosomatidae. Particularly high infection rates in very young children as well as in domestic dogs occur in semiurban communities of Nueva Esparta, where other human-infecting trypanosomatidae have not been reported. Control measures related to limiting canine infection might contribute to disea… Show more

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“…Additionally, the delayed reporting of cases or the incubation period of the disease, which can vary up to one year, may explain this lack of correlation (ZERPA et al, 2003;BERN et al 2008).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Additionally, the delayed reporting of cases or the incubation period of the disease, which can vary up to one year, may explain this lack of correlation (ZERPA et al, 2003;BERN et al 2008).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The northeastern area of Brazil is considered most representative, with 48% of the cases (ZERPA et al, 2003;BERN et al, 2008;BRASIL, 2009). In the northeast, the state of Ceará is endemic for VL and is considered a priority for health surveillance and control by the Ministry of Health.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…22 In Venezuela, it occurs sporadically in almost every state of the country and shows low endemicity. 22,[26][27][28][29] Leishmania (V.) colombiensis was also shown to cause both cutaneous and visceral forms of the disease, and at least two distinct etiologic agents are present in Venezuela but not strictly in the GEC. 30 Cutaneous leishmaniases.…”
Section: American Visceral Leishmaniasis American Visceral Leishmanimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Currently, VL is a great concern in the Mediterranean and Middle-East countries (Tsachev et al 2008). The prevalence of CVL is varies in worldwide; this rate has been reported 1.7-10 % in Cyprus (Deplazes et al 1998), 25 % in Venezuela (Zerpa et al 2003), 22.1-30.3 % in Italy (Zaffaroni et al 1999), 9-76 % in Turkey (Ozbel et al 2000;Atasoy et al 2010), 10-36 % in Brazil (Ashford et al 1998) and zero to 81 % in Bulgaria (Tsachev et al 2007(Tsachev et al , 2008. Also, Leishmaniasis is encountered in non-endemic regions such as Austria, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and USA (Tsachev et al 2008).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%