Comparison of small mammal prevalence of Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana in five foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the State of Campeche, Mexico

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-94

  Van Wynsberghe, N R ^a   Canto Lara, S B ^b   Sosa Bibiano, E I ^b   Rivero Cardenas N A ^b   Andrade Narvaez F J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana; Mammals, prevalence, Mexico

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PEROMYSCUS; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MARSUPIALIA; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; RODENTIA; SEASONS;

EID: 66149100072     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652009000200006     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. ABRANCHES, P. - Reservoirs of visceral leishmaniasis. In HART, D.T., ed. Leishmaniasis: the current status and new strategies for control. New York, Plenum Press, 1987. p. 61-70.
2. ALBERTOS-ALPUCHE, N.E.; ANDRADE-NARVÁEZ, F.J.; BURGOS-PATRÓN, J.P. & VÁSQUEZ-PÉREZ, A. - Leishmaniasis cutánea localizada: índice alérgico en la comunidad de Becanchén, Tekax, Yucatán, México. Rev. Bioméd. (Méx.), 7: 11-18, 1996.
3. ANDRADE-NARVÁEZ, F.J.; CANTO-LARA, S.B.; VAN WYNSBERGHE, N.R. et al. - Seasonal transmission of Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana in the state of Campeche, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 98: 995-998, 2003.
4. ANDRADE-NARVÁEZ, F.; GARCIA-MÍSS, M.R.; CRUZ-RUIZ, A.L.; CANTO-LARA, S.B. & SIMMONDS-DIAZ, E. - Preliminary study of clinical, hispathological, and immunological correlation of Mexican cutaneous leishmaniasis in man. Arch. Invest. méd., 15: 267-280, 1984.
5. ANDRADE-NARVÁEZ, F.J.; SIMMONDS-DÍAZ, E.; RICO-AGUILAR, S. et al. - Incidence of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (chiclero's ulcer) in Mexico. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 84: 219-220, 1990.
6. ANDRADE NARVÁEZ, F.; VALERIO CASTRO, E.; SIMMONDS DÍAZ, E. et al. - Leishmaniasis cutánea mexicana. Índice alérgico en una población militar ubicada en una zona endémica. Rev. Sanid. milit. (Méx), 39:152-154, 1985.
7. ARIAS, J.R. & NAIFF, R.D. - The principal reservoir host of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the urban areas of Manaus, Central Amazon of Brazil. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 76: 279-286, 1981.
8. ARIAS, J.R.; NAIFF, R.D.; MILES, M.A. & DE SOUZA, A.A. - The opossum, Didelphis marsupialis (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), as a reservoir host of Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis in the Amazon Basin of Brazil. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 75: 537-541, 1981.
9. BARRERA, A. - La Península de Yucatán como provincia biótica. Rev. Soc. mex. Hist. nat., 23: 71-105, 1962.
10. BECERRA, J. & MUÑOZ, M. - A strategy for control of cutaneous leishmaniasis through the CIMDER's primary health care model. In: WIJEYARATNE, P.; GOODMAN, T. & ESPINAL, C., ed. Leishmaniasis control strategies: a critical evaluation of IDRC-supported research. Ottawa, International Development Research Center- MR322e, 1992. p. 19-31.
11. BELTRAN, E. & BUSTAMANTE, M.E. - Datos epidemiológicos acerca de la "úlcera de los chicleros" (leishmaniasis americana) en México. Rev. Inst. Salubr. Enferm. trop., 3: 1-28, 1942.
12. BIAGI, F.F.; MARROQUIN, F. & GONZALEZ A. - Distribución geográfica de la leishmaniasis cutánea en México. Medicina (Méx.), 38: 444-446, 1938.
13. BRANDÃO-FILHO, S.P.; DE CARVALHO, F.G.; DE BRITO, M.E.; ALMEIDA F.A. & NASCIMENTO, L.A. - American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Pernambuco, Brazil: eco-epidemiological aspects in "Zona da Mata" region. Mem. Inst. oswaldo Cruz, 89: 445-449, 1994.
14. BRAY, R.S. - Zoonoses and leishmaniasis. In HART, D.T., ed. Leishmaniasis: the current status and new strategies for control. New York, Plenum Press, 1987. p. 57-60.
15. CANTO-LARA, S.B.; VAN WYNSBERGHE, N.R.; VARGAS-GONZÁLEZ, A.; OJEDA-FARFÁN, F.F. & ANDRADE-NARVÁEZ, F.J. - Use of monoclonal antibodies for the identification of Leishmania spp. isolated from humans and wild rodents in the state of Campeche, Mexico. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 94: 305-309, 1999.
16. CANTO-LARA, S.B.; VAN WYNSBERGHE, N.R.; SOSA-BIBIANO, E.I. & ANDRADE-NARVÁEZ, F.J. - Detection and identification of Leishmania kDNA in small mammals by the polymerase chain reaction in Campeche, Mexico. (Submitted).
17. CHABLÉ-SANTOS, J.B., VAN WYNSBERGHE, N.R.; CANTO-LARA, S.B. & ANDRADE-NARVÁEZ, F.J. - Isolation of Leishmania (L.) mexicana from wild rodents and their possible role in the transmission of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis in the State of Campeche, Mexico. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 53: 141-145, 1995.
18. CRAIG, T.M.; BARTON, C.L.; MERCER, S.H.; DROLESKEY, B.E. & JONES, L.P. - Dermal leishmaniasis in a Texas cat. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 35: 1100-1102, 1986.
19. DESJEUX, P. - Leishmaniasis. Nature Rev. Microbiol., 2: 692, 2004.
20. DISNEY, R.H.L. - Observations on a zoonosis: leishmaniasis in British Honduras. J. appl. Ecol., 5: 1-59, 1968.
21. DOWLER, R.C. & ENGSTROM, M.D. - Distributional records of mammals from the southwestern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Ann. Carnagie Museum, 57: 159-166, 1988.
22. ENGSTROM, M.D.; GENOWAYS, H.H. & TUCKER, P.K. - Morphological variation, karyology, and systematic relationships of Heteromys gaumeri (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). In PATTERSON, B.D. & TIMM, R.M., ed. Studies in neotropical mammalogy: essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz. Fieldiana Zool., New Ser., 39: 289-303, 1987.
23. EVANS, D.; GODFREY, D.; LANHAM, S. et al. - handbook on isolation characterization and cryopreservation of Leishmania. Geneva, UNDP/WorldBank/WHO, 1989.
24. GOLDMAN, E.A. & MOORE, R.T. - The biotic provinces of Mexico. J. Mammalogy, 26: 347-360, 1945.
25. GRAMICCIA, M. & GRADONI, L. - The current status of zoonotic leishmaniases and approaches to disease control. Int. J. Parasit., 35: 1169-1180, 2005.
26. GRIMALDI Jr., G.; DAVID, J.R. & McMAHON-PRATT, D. - Identification and distribution of New World Leishmania species characterized by serodeme analysis using monoclonal antibodies. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 36: 270-287, 1987.
27. GROGL, M.; KREUTZER, R.D.; McHUGH, C.P. & MARTIN, R.K. - Characterization of a Leishmania isolate from the rodent host Neotoma micropus collected in Texas and comparison with human isolates. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 45: 714-722, 1991.
28. HALL, E.R. - the Mammals of North America. 2. ed. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1981.
29. HERRER, A.; TELFORD Jr., S.R. & CHRISTENSEN, H.A. - Enzootic cutaneous Leishmaniasis in eastern Panama. I. Investigation of the infection among forest mammals. Ann. trop. Med. Parasit., 65: 349-358, 1971.
30. IZOR, R.J. & - McCARTHY, T.J.Heteromys gaumeri (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) in the northern plain of Belize. Mammalia, 48: 465-467, 1984.
31. JONES Jr., J.K.; GENOWAYS, H.H. & LAWLOR, T.E. - Annotated checklist of mammals of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. II. Rodentia. Occas. Pap. Museum Tex. Tech. Univ., 22: 1-24, 1974.
32. JONES Jr., J.K.; GENOWAYS, H.H. & SMITH, J.D. - Annotated checklist of mammals of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. III. Marsupialia, insectivora, primates, edentata, lagomorpha. Occas. Pap. Museum Tex. Tech. Univ., 23: 1-11, 1974.
33. KERR, S.F.; McHUGH, C.P. & DRONEN Jr., N.O. - Leishmaniasis in Texas: prevalence and seasonal transmission of Leishmania mexicana in Neotoma micropus. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 53: 73-77, 1995.
34. KERR, S.F.; McHUGH, C.P. & MERKELZ, R. - Short report: a focus of Leishmania mexicana near Tucson, Arizona. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 61: 378-379, 1999.
35. LAINSON, R. - Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Belize, Central America, and identity of the causative parasite. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 78: 851-852, 1984.
36. LAINSON, R. & SHAW, J.J. - Leishmaniasis in Brazil: III. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an opossum, Marmosa murina (Marsupialia, Didelphidae) from the lower Amazon region. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 63: 738-740, 1969.
37. LAINSON, R. & SHAW, J.J. - Leishmaniasis in Brazil. V. Studies on the epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mato Grosso State and observations on two distinct strains of Leishmania isolated from man and forest mammals. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 64: 654-667, 1970.
38. LAINSON, R. & STRANGWAYS-DIXON, J. - Dermal leishmaniasis in British Honduras: some host-reservoirs of Leishmania braziliensis mexicana. Brit. med. J., 1: 1596-1598, 1962.
39. LAINSON, R. & STRANGWAYS-DIXON, J. - The epidemiology of dermal leishmaniasis in British Honduras: Part II. Reservoir-hosts of Leishmania mexicana among the forest rodents. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 58: 136-153, 1964.
40. LLANOS-CUENTAS, E.A.; RONCAL, N.; VILLASECA, P. et al. - Natural infections of Leishmania peruviana in animals in the Peruvian Andes. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 93: 15-20, 1999.
41. McHUGH, C.P.; GROGL, M. & KERR, S.F. - Isolation of Leishmania mexicana from Neotoma micropus collected in Texas. J. Parasit., 76: 741-742, 1990.
42. REBOLLAR-TÉLLEZ, E.A.; RAMÍREZ-FRAIRE, A. & ANDRADE-NARVÁEZ, F.J. - A two-years study on vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Evidence for sylvatic transmission cycle in the state of Campeche, México. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 91: 555-560, 1996.
43. VAN WYNSBERGHE, N.R.; CANTO-LARA, S.B.; DAMIÁN-CENTENO, A.G.; ITZÁ-ORTIZ, M.F. & ANDRADE-NARVÁEZ, F.J. - Retention of Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana in naturally infected rodents from the State of Campeche, Mexico. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 95: 595-600, 2000.
44. WIEGLE, K.A.; DE DÁVALOS, M.; HEREDIA, P. et al. - Diagnosis of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Colombia: a comparison of seven methods. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 36: 489-496, 1987.
45. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - Control of the Leishmaniases. Wld Hlth Org. tech. Rep. Ser., (794), 1990.
46. ZAVALA-VELÁZQUEZ, J. - Leishmaniasis in Yucatán. Gaceta med. Méx., 104: 1-9, 1972.