| [outbreak of urban rabies transmitted by dogs in santa marta, northern colombia]. | an urban rabies outbreak occurred in the district of santa marta between april 2006 and january 2008, which resulted in the deaths of 4 humans and 28 dogs. | 2009 | 20436994 |
| enzymatic polymorphism and phylogenetic relationships in leishmania ross, 1903 (sarcomastigophora: kinetoplastida): a case study in colombia. | leishmaniasis is widespread in colombia and is found in 30 of 32 departments. more than 200 infection zones have been reported from different regions, which vary from sea-level to an altitude of 2,300 m along the atlantic coast, pacific coast, amazon basin, cauca and magdalena valleys. we report 76 leishmania stocks isolated from humans, dogs and phlebotomine hosts. isoenzyme electrophoresis revealed 16 zymodemes, which could be divided into four phylogenetic complexes, i.e., l. braziliensis, l. ... | 2000 | 10803436 |
| leishmaniasis in colombia, a review. | a review is made of 60 publications on leishmaniasis in colombia reported between 1889 and the present. a serious source of difficulty in interpreting the literature is the frequent discussion of "cases" (1,536 of 1,865, or 82%) that were never confirmed by observation of the parasite or by positive immunological tests. the apparent distribution of the disease is considerably biased by the real distribution of physicians. nevertheless, laboratory-confirmed cutaneous leishmaniasis has been report ... | 1981 | 7020454 |