Publications

study of an outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in venezuela. the role of domestic animals.	during an outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a locality (las rosas, cojedes state, venezuela) previously non-endemic, 12.9% of humans, 7% of dogs and 21.4% of donkeys (equus asinus) had lesions with parasites. the agent in the three hosts was identified as leishmania braziliensis, subspecies braziliensis at least in man and donkey. the probable vector was lutzomyia panamensis. no infection was found in a small sample of wild mammals examined. the outbreak was apparently linked with the impor ...	1984	6535915
infected dogs as a risk factor in the transmission of human trypanosoma cruzi infection in western venezuela.	a total of 565 mongrel dogs from rural localities of venezuela were examined by serological (dat, ifat and elisa) and parasitological tests to address the status of trypanosoma cruzi infection and to evaluate their role in the transmission of the infection to human population. the overall percentage of sero-positive infected dogs shown to be 67.6% (382/565):253 (61.7%) from 47 villages belonging to 8 states located at 4 different geographical regions of western venezuela and 129 (33.5%) dogs fro ...	2006	16797466