First human cases of Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi infection in Ecuador and identification of its suspected vector species

Acta Tropica

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 710-713

  Kato, Hirotomo ^a   Calvopiña, Manuel ^b   Criollo, Hipatia ^b   Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa ^b,c,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c Ciencia   (Ecuador)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecuador; First human case; Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi; Lutzomyia tortura; Natural infection

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLAGELLATE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ARTICLE; DIPTERA; ECUADOR; ENDOTRYPANUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA NAIFFI INFECTION; LUTZOMYIA; LUTZOMYIA TORTURA; LUTZOMYIA YUILLI YUILLI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; SAND FLY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ECUADOR;

ENDOTRYPANUM; LEISHMANIA NAIFFI; LUTZOMYIA YUILLI YUILLI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PHLEBOTOMINAE;

ECUADOR; FIRST HUMAN CASE; LEISHMANIA (VIANNIA) NAIFFI; LUTZOMYIA TORTURA; NATURAL INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 84892535090     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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