[Leish-l] VL Europe

Tue Feb 7 11:02:56 BRST 2017

Dear all,
I would recommend to read the paper on a reappraisal of DDT for the control
of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil, in annex.
   It was written by me and Dr. Carlos Costa.
Sincerely yours
prof. dr. Carlos Brisola Marcondes
Dept. Microbiol. Imunol. Parasitol./CCB
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Florianópolis (SC)
Brazil
CV: *http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=K4783901J2
<http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=K4783901J2>*

2017-02-07 10:31 GMT-02:00 Carlos Costa <chncosta at gmail.com>:

> Dear all,
>
> Israel Cruz, Slavica Vaselek and Luigi Gradoni have sent amazing papers
> and opinions on the reduction in incidence of kala-azar in Southern Europe
> after WWII, with data from Spain, Yugoslavia/Serbia and Italy.
>
> The papers are attached. All agree that the massive spray with DDT was the
> main causal factor, leading to 20-30 years impact, including India.
>
> However, other factors acting simultaneously such as the availability of
> pentavalent antimonials, herd immunity, nutrition could be ruled out as
> associated driving forces.
>
> Data from other countries such as Portugal, France or Greece have not been
> shared yet (!). Information from the Middle East and Northern Africa would
> fuel more insights.
>
> DDT seems to have been quite important in USSR and East China. Regarding
> Brazil, DDT certainly was the main factor reducing the incidence in the
> Sobral and Jequitinhonha Valley.
>
> Therefore, Carlos Brisola's question remains in the game: "Time to
> re-evaluate DDT?"
>
> I attach the article send by Israel, the two sent by Luigi, and the one by
> Brisola and I. Also, I share a recent more recent update about kala-azar in
> China.
>
> All my best,
>
> Carlos.
>
> PS. If you are more curious, check this excellent documentary on Rachel
> Carson's Silent Spring, which actually "killed" DDT:
> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/us/rachel-carson-ddt-mala
> ria-retro-report.html
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Gradoni Luigi <luigi.gradoni at iss.it>
> Date: 2017-02-03 13:07 GMT-03:00
> Subject: Re: [Leish-l] VL Europe
> To: Carlos Costa <chncosta at gmail.com>
>
>
> Hi Carlos,
>
> as regards Italy, VL reduced drastically in incidence immediately after
> the 1947-1952 malaria eradication campaign using DDT (i.e. at the end of
> WWII) and remained so till early 1980s, when it increased again.
>
> The transmission has always remained rural or peri-urban.
>
> Attached are:
>
> - a 1987 Transactions paper on VL in adults in Sicily showing the
> trend from 1941 through 1984;
>
> - a more recent Eurosurveillance paper on all VL cases in Italy, with the
> trend from 1982-2012
>
> Best
>
> Luigi
> ------------------------------
> *Da:* leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br <leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br>
> per conto di Carlos Costa <chncosta at gmail.com>
> *Inviato:* martedì 24 gennaio 2017 22:34
> *A:* Leish-L
> *Oggetto:* [Leish-l] VL Europe
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I am always wondering in VL actually reduced the incidence in Europe after
> WWII.
>
> Was the transmission rural or urban?
>
> Does anyone know any paper/document on this?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Carlos.
>
> --
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> Centro de Ciências da Saúde
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