[Leish-l] FW: PRO/AH/EDR> Leishmaniasis, visceral - China: (HB ex GS)

[Carlos Costa]

Dear KP,

Do you know about studies on canine seroprevalence in Gansu? Hebei is
supposed to have been an anthroponotic area while Gansu zoonotic. You have
some isolates from the area. What do they say?

Cheers,

Carlos.

2014-12-07 9:57 GMT-03:00 Kwang-Poo Chang <
kwangpoo.chang at rosalindfranklin.edu>:
>
> Dear Jeff,
>
> I read the abstract in Chinese about the VL case reported in Hebei, China
> (near Beijing). The patient is a 9 years old girl. She traveled with her
> family to the VL-endemic site in the northwestern provice of Gansu. It is
> thought to be an imported case, since VL has been eliminated in Beijing
> area in 1958, as stated in that article. Whether sylvatic cycle of CVL
> still exists in the suburb hilly area is unknown.
>
> Happy holidays !
>
> KP
>
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 6:21 PM, jeffrey shaw <jayusp at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL - CHINA: (HEBEI ex GANSU)
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>> Date: Thu 4 Dec 2014
>> Source: Ifeng.com, Baoding Daily [in Chinese, trans., edited]
>> <
>> http://hebei.ifeng.com/news/chengshi/bd/detail_2014_12/04/3243066_0.shtml
>> >
>>
>>
>> Case of Leishmaniasis Found in Baoding City, Hebei Province
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> Baoding Municipal No. 1 Hospital recently confirmed a rare case of
>> leishmaniasis [which has been] eradicated from Baoding for 50 years.
>>
>> The patient is a 9-year-old girl from Qingyuan County [Hebei
>> Province]. After birth she moved with her parents to Gansu's Dangchang
>> County. On [8 Nov 2014], she entered No. 1 Hospital due to high fever.
>> Experts at Peking Union Hospital confirmed the diagnosis of visceral
>> leishmaniasis.
>>
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>> Communicated by:
>> ProMED-mail Rapporteur Dan Silver
>>
>> [Baoding City is located approximately 150 kilometers [approx. 93
>> miles] southwest of Beijing in Hebei Province. The climatic conditions
>> do not support transmission of leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis has been
>> reported from Gansu Province, with an estimated annual incidence of
>> 3.8 cases per 100 000 population (Zhang S et al. Incidence of Japanese
>> encephalitis, visceral leishmaniasis and malaria before and after the
>> Wenchuan earthquake, in China. Acta Trop. 2013;128:85-9). This could
>> be the place where the patient was infected. - Mod.EP]
>>
>> [For a map of China showing provinces (and the location of Gansu and
>> Hebei) see
>> <http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Provinces/GDP-Province-Gansu.html>.-
>> Mod.MPP
>>
>> A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at:
>> <http://healthmap.org/promed/p/337>.]
>>
>> [See Also:
>> 2007
>> ----
>> Leishmaniasis, visceral - China (Fujian, Hubei ex Xinjiang): corr.
>> 20070415.1260
>> Leishmaniasis, visceral - China (Fujian, Hubei ex Xinjiang)
>> 20070414.1242]
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Carlos H. N. Costa, MD, DSc.
Coordenador
Laboratório de Leishmanioses - LabLeish
Universidade Federal do Piauí
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