Visceral leishmaniasis in the island of Margarita, Venezuela: a neglected parasitic infection in the Caribbean
| العنوان: | Visceral leishmaniasis in the island of Margarita, Venezuela: a neglected parasitic infection in the Caribbean |
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| المؤلفون: | José Antonio Suárez, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez, Gerardine García Oronoz, Laura C. Pedraza-Arévalo |
| المصدر: | Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, Vol 8 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publications, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 0301 basic medicine, Burden of disease, Case Report, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Parasitic infection, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Medicine, visceral leishmaniasis, Pharmacology (medical), 030212 general & internal medicine, Amastigote, Neglected Tropical Diseases: Recent Progress and Future Challenges, Caribbean, business.industry, medicine.disease, Venezuela, Virology, Margarita Island, amastigote, 030104 developmental biology, Infectious Diseases, Visceral leishmaniasis, endemic, business, geographic locations |
| الوصف: | Visceral leishmaniasis carries a significant burden of disease in the Americas with up to 7000 cases reported annually. There are several reports of autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis cases in the Caribbean, including the Dominican Republic, Guadalupe, Martinique, and Trinidad and Tobago. However, we lack recent clinical description and epidemiologic data of visceral leishmaniasis in other islands in the Caribbean. Herein, we describe an autochthonous case of visceral leishmaniasis in the Caribbean Island of Margarita in Venezuela. This index case of visceral leishmaniasis highlights the need for further regional surveillance efforts to identify animal reservoirs and to monitor the occurrence of further clinical cases. Additionally, there is an urgent need for implementing vector control strategies. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2049-937X 2049-9361 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::a685cb6313e14babb26f936e9d6951ef http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8320547 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....a685cb6313e14babb26f936e9d6951ef |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 2049937X 20499361 |
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