Article contents
Naturally acquired infections with Leishmania enriettii Muniz and Medina 1948 in guinea-pigs from São Paulo, Brazil
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2009
Summary
Two domestic guinea-pigs (Cavia porcellus), bought in Pinheiros, São Paulo State, Brazil, were taken by their owners a farm in the rural district of Capão Bonito, close to the Atlantic Forest, São Paulo, where they both developed tumour-like and ulcerating lesions on the ears. The causative agent was identified as Leishmania (L.) enriettii, based on biological characters and isoenzyme profiles. Sources of the parasite in wild mammals, and the possible sandfly vector species discussed.
- Type
- Research Article
- Information
- Copyright
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994
References
REFERENCES
Gardener, P. J., Chance, M. L. & Peters, W. (1974). Biochemical taxonomy of Leishmania. II. Electrophoretic variation of malate dehydrogenase. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 68, 317–25.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lainson, R. & Shaw, J. J. (1979). The role of animals in the epidemiology of South American leishmaniasis. In Biology of the Kinetoplastida, Vol. 2 (ed. Lumsden, W. H. R. &; Evans, D. A.), pp. 1–116. London: Academic Press.Google Scholar
Lainson, R. & Shaw, J. J. (1987). Evolution, classification and geographical distribution. In The Leishmaniases in Biology and Medicine Vol. I, Biology and Epidemiology (ed. Peters, W. & Killick-Kendrick, R.), pp. 1–120. London: Academic Press.Google Scholar
Luz, E., Giovannoni, M. & Borba, A. M. (1967). Infecção de Lutzomyia monticola por Leishmania enriettii. Anais da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Paranà 9– 10, 121#8.Google Scholar
Machado, M. I. & Milder, R. V. (1986). Isolamento e identificação de Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis de casos humanos e cães domésticos do Estado de São Paulo. Revista do Centro de Ciências Biomédicas da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, São Paulo 2, 9–21.Google ScholarPubMed
Medina, H. (1946). Estudos sobre leishmaniose. I. Primeiros casos de leishmaniose espontânea observados em cobaias. Arquivos de Biologia e Tecnologia (Curitiba) 1, 39–74.Google Scholar
Miles, M. A., Povoa, M. M., De Souza, A. A., Lainson, R. & Shaw, J. J. (1980). Some methods for the enzyme characterization of Latin-American Leishmania, with particular reference to Leishmania mexicana amazonensis and subspecies of Leishmania hertigi. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 74, 243–52.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Muniz, J. & Medina, H. (1948). Leishmaniose tegumentar do cobaio (Leishmania enriettii n.sp.). Hospital (Rio de Janeiro) 33, 7–25.Google ScholarPubMed
Silveira, T. G. V., Teodoro, U., Arraes, S. M. A. A., Lonardoni, M. V. C., Dias, M. L. G. G., Shaw, J. J. & Lainson, R. (1990). An autochthonous case of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis Lainson & Shaw, 1972 from the north of ParanâState, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 85, 475–6.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
- 20
- Cited by