First visceral leishmaniasis focus in Argentina

AUTOR(ES)

Salomon, OD, Sinagra, A, Nevot, MC, Barberian, G, Paulin, P, Estevez, JO, Riarte, Adelina, Estevez, J

FONTE

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008-02

RESUMO

An eight-year old boy from Posadas (27º 23'S, 55º 54'W) was diagnosed with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) during 2006. Lutzomyia longipalpis was discovered in the backyard of his house, while the spread of canine visceral leishmaniasis was confirmed in Posadas. This is the southernmost report of a VL transmission focus and the first in Argentina.

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