| [associations between geohelminths and socioenvironmental conditions among different human populations in argentina]. | to analyze the relationship between the geohelminth species found in urban, suburban, and rural areas of the buenos aires and misiones provinces of argentina, and the socioenvironmental conditions that promote infection by these parasites. | 2009 | 19814875 |
| [distribution of vectors of visceral leishmaniasis in the province of corrientes, 2008]. | visceral leishmaniasis (vl) is a relevant parasitic disease in public health, produced by leishmania infantum chagasi. since the urbanization and emergence in southern brazil and paraguay, the vector lutzomyia longipalpis in formosa, 2004, and the first human visceral leishmaniasis case in misiones, 2006, have been reported in argentina. due to the reports of canine vl, a search of the vector in the province of corrientes, contiguous to misiones, was performed during december 2008. standarized t ... | 2009 | 20053601 |
| [distribution of lutzomyia longipalpis in the argentine mesopotamia, 2010]. | the first case of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) in argentina was reported in 2006 in posadas, misiones. during the summer 2008-2009 lutzomyia longipalpis, the vl vector, and canine vl cases were already spread along the province of corrientes. in order to know the distribution of vl risk, systematic captures of the vector were performed between february and march 2010, in 18 areas of the provinces of entre ríos and corrientes, and the city of puerto iguazú, misiones, with a total of 313 traps/nigh ... | 2011 | 21296716 |
| diphyllobothrium sp. in canis familiaris from the subtropical area of argentina (puerto iguazú, misiones). | this paper reports the first finding of diphyllobothrium sp. eggs in canis familiaris (domestic dog) from puerto iguazú, a subtropical city of misiones province, argentina. in 2013, two positive cases of diphyllobothrium sp. eggs were detected during an annual parasitological survey of dogs. dog feces were collected in vials containing 10% formalin and processed using telemann's sedimentation and sheather's flotation techniques. the two cases were detected in rural areas of the municipality. sin ... | 2015 | 26210607 |
| detection of leishmania infantum in naturally infected lutzomyia longipalpis (diptera: psychodidae: phlebotominae) and canis familiaris in misiones, argentina: the first report of a pcr-rflp and sequencing-based confirmation assay. | in this study, a genotypification of leishmania was performed using polimerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (pcr-rflp) and sequencing techniques to identify species of leishmania parasites in phlebotomine sand flies and dogs naturally infected. between january-february of 2009, cdc light traps were used to collect insect samples from 13 capture sites in the municipality of posadas, which is located in the province of misiones of argentina. sand flies identified as lutz ... | 2010 | 20944995 |
| first visceral leishmaniasis focus in argentina. | an eight-year old boy from posadas (27 masculine 23's, 55 masculine 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. | 2008 | 18368242 |
| a canine leishmaniasis pilot survey in an emerging focus of visceral leishmaniasis: posadas (misiones, argentina). | an increasing number of reports are calling our attention to the worldwide spread of leishmaniasis. the urbanization of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (vl) has been observed in different south american countries, due to changes in demographic and ecological factors. in may 2006, vl was detected for the first time in the city of posadas (misiones, argentina). this event encouraged us to conduct a clinical and parasitological pilot survey on domestic dogs from posadas to identify their potential ... | 2010 | 21122107 |
| lutzomyia longipalpis behavior and control at an urban visceral leishmaniasis focus in argentina. | during the earlier stages of visceral leishmaniasis transmission in posadas city, misiones, both the night activity and attraction to humans of lutzomyia longipalpis were assessed, in order to provide preliminary recommendations. the impact of peridomestic deltamethrin spraying performed by local officials was also evaluated. although lu. longipalpis were found in traps located over a dog the entire night, 90% of the females were captured from 20.30h to 1.30h, and only landed on a human when he ... | 2010 | 21748225 |