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<FONT face=Arial>Dear Sundar,</FONT><BR>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>The primary reservoirs of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Leishmania peruviana</I> are mammals mainly small rodents, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Phillotis andinum</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Akodon</I> <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">sp</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Didelphis albiventris</I> (Llanos-Cuentas EA., Roncal N., Villaseca P., Paz L., Ogusuku E., Pérez JE., Cáceres A., Davies CR.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Natural infections of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Leishmania peruviana </I>in animals in the Peruvian Andes. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Transactions of the Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, </I><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">93:</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> 15 – 20, 1999</SPAN>). The dogs are secondary reservoirs and their role is still not well understood (Reithinger R.,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Canales-Espinoza J., Llanos - Cuentas A., and Davis C. Domestic dog ownership: a risk factor for human infection with Leishmania (<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Viannia</I>) species. <I>Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene</I>, </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>97: 141-145, 2003). </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The rate of cure of one schedule of Sb<SUP>5+</SUP> is 71% similar to <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">L.braziliensis</I> (69%) and quite different to <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">L.guyanensis</I> (92%) in Peru. The mucosal involvement of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">L.peruviana</I> is rare and usually by contiguity mechanism, very different to <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">L.brazilinesis</I>.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<FONT face=Arial>Best regards</FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Arial>Alejandro<BR>
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From: drshyamsundar@hotmail.com<BR>To: leish-l@lineu.icb.usp.br<BR>Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 18:43:35 +0530<BR>Subject: Re: [Leish-l] name<BR><BR>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt Tahoma"><STRONG><FONT color=#800080 size=3 face=Arial>Is this statement about L peruviana correct ?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt Tahoma"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><EM>L. (V.) peruviana</EM></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> has adpated to dogs, bringing infection into villages.</SPAN></DIV> </body>
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