RESUMO
Four human cases of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania naiffi are reported. Two of the cases were infected in French Guiana, one in French Guiana or Martinique, and the other in Ecuador or Peru. The geographical distribution of L. naiffi is clearly larger than that initially reported. Three zymodemes were represented by the four isolates, confirming that there is intraspecific polymorphism in L. naiffi.
Assuntos
Leishmania/isolamento & purificação , Leishmaniose Cutânea/parasitologia , Adulto , Animais , Eletroforese em Gel de Amido/métodos , Feminino , Humanos , Leishmania/classificação , Leishmania/enzimologia , Masculino , América do SulRESUMO
Occasioning in Guadeloupe a high rate of morbidity, schistosomiasis is unequally spread in the field. The intermediate host, Biomphalaria glabrata, is wide-spread. But some biotopes only, most of them located on the coast belt of the montainous island, allow the parasite growth. Among them, the irrigation canals appear as the most dangerous source of contamination for human population.