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Epidemiological aspects of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a periurban area of the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

1993; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde; Volume: 88; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0074-02761993000100016

1678-8060

Valéria Maria de Azeredo Passos, Alda Lima Falcão, M. C. A. Marzochi, Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo, Edelberto Santos Dias, Elizabeth G. O. Barbosa-Santos, Henrique Leonardo Guerra, Naftale Katz,

Psychodrama and Leishmaniasis Studies

In order to characterize the epidemiology of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) in a periurban area of the municipality of Sabará in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte (MRBH), an area until then considered free of the disease, a cross sectional survey was undertaken in 1990. The survey of the population consisted of 1119 interviews and 881 clinical examinations using Montenegro's skin test (MST). A low prevalence (3.7%) of positive MST was encountered. The disease had been occurring in the area for about 20 years in the form of sporadic cases. The predominant species of sandfly both in domestic areas and nearby areas of secondary vegetation was Lutzomyia whitmani. A canine survey of delayed hypersensitivity to the antigen P10,000 identified only one dog with a positive reaction out of 113 examined. The transmission of ACL in MRBH was confirmed. The occurrence of the disease in women, children and individuals with no contact with forest areas as well as the presence of potential vector species in the domiciliar environment, suggests the transmission of the disease in this environment.