[Leish-l] FW: PRO/AH/EDR> Leishmaniasis, cutaneous - Honduras (SC)

[jeffrey shaw]

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Date: 2011/7/8
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Leishmaniasis, cutaneous - Honduras (SC)
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LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS - HONDURAS (SANTA CRUZ DE YOJOA)

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Date: 4 Jul 2011

Source: La Prensa, Honduras [Transl. from Spanish by JT; edited]

<http://www.laprensa.hn/Pa%C3%ADs/Ediciones/2011/07/04/Noticias/La-leishmaniasis-ataca-a-Santa-Cruz>







Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras

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During the 2nd week of June 2011, the staff of the Francisco Bertrand

Health Center of the city of Santa Cruz de Yojoa treated 7 patients with

skin lesions. Laboratory testing confirmed the diagnosis of leishmaniasis.



Nery Escobar, the chief municipal health authority of this city, expressed

concern about the outbreak of the disease. "So far, in 2011 we have been

working in different communities located in the rural area where the cases

have occurred, but we continue to see more and more patients coming with

the same symptoms."



The 7 cases identified in June are from the communities of El Pedregal and

Zapote; 4 of them occurred among members of the same family, including a 4

month old child.



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[Leishmaniasis in Central America including Honduras is has a zoonotic

reservoir and is transmitted to humans by sandflies. There are no recent

data on the number of cases in Honduras. A newsletter from the Pan American

Health Organization PAHO

(<http://www.paho.org/english/ad/dpc/cd/leishmaniasis.htm>) was updated in

2007 but contains no country specific data.



HealthMap location: <http://healthmap.org/r/11dt>. - Mod.EP]



[see also:

Leishmaniasis, canine - Argentina (02): (CN) 20110625.1943

Leishmaniasis, visceral - Colombia: blood transfusion 20110323.0914

Leishmaniasis, canine - Argentina: (CN) 20110323.0908

Leishmaniasis, visceral - Sudan: (southern) 20110313.0810

Leishmaniasis - Colombia: (ST) 20110227.0651

Leishmaniasis, outbreak - Argentina: (CN) corr. 20110224.0611

Leishmaniasis, outbreak - Argentina: (CN) corr. 20110224.0610

Leishmaniasis, outbreak - Argentina: (CB) 20110222.0584]



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