Prevalence of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Xakriabá Indigenous Land, Minas Gerais State, Southeast Brazil, 2011.

The article begins by describing a dog with characteristic symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis. A serum sample from this animal was positive by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) performed in anti-Leishmania total IgG in 1999. Tissues from the same dog were also positive by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 2004, identifying Leishmania DNA in the cerebellum, liver, kidney, and intestine. This is the first report of a dog with autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis in the county of Bom Sucesso, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The finding of this IIF-positive dog led to a canine visceral leishmaniasis epidemiological investigation in the county. The investigation was conducted from March 1999 to December 2005. IIF was positive for Leishmania in 22 (3%) of 734 examined dogs. Among the 22 IIF-positive dogs, six presented characteristic symptoms of canine visceral leishmaniasis. The results of this epidemiological investigation were sent to local and State public health authorities, requesting visceral leishmaniasis control and preventive measures to interrupt transmission of the disease and avoid the occurrence of human cases.

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Evaluation of the conjunctival swab for canine visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis by PCR–hybridization in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology ◽

10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.12.022 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 152 (3-4) ◽

pp. 257-263 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Sidney de Almeida Ferreira ◽

Leonardo Trindade Ituassu ◽

Maria Norma de Melo ◽

Antero Silva Ribeiro de Andrade

Keyword(s):

Visceral Leishmaniasis ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis ◽

Minas Gerais State ◽

Conjunctival Swab

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High prevalence of intestinal infections and ectoparasites in dogs, Minas Gerais State (southeast Brazil)

Parasitology Research ◽

10.1007/s00436-012-3037-0 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 111 (5) ◽

pp. 1913-1921 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Jörg Heukelbach ◽

Raphael Frank ◽

Liana Ariza ◽

Íris de Sousa Lopes ◽

Alcides de Assis e Silva ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Minas Gerais ◽

Southeast Brazil ◽

Intestinal Infections ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Minas Gerais State

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Importance of Lutzomyia longipalpis in the dynamics of transmission of canine visceral leishmaniasis in the endemic area of Porteirinha Municipality, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology ◽

10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.05.006 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 131 (3-4) ◽

pp. 213-220 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

João C. França-Silva ◽

Ricardo A. Barata ◽

Roberto T. da Costa ◽

Érika Michalsky Monteiro ◽

George L. L. Machado-Coelho ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Visceral Leishmaniasis ◽

Endemic Area ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Lutzomyia Longipalpis ◽

Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis

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Epidemiological aspects of human and canine visceral leishmaniasis in Montes Claros, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, between 2007 and 2009

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical ◽

10.1590/s0037-86822011000500006 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 44 (5) ◽

pp. 561-566 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Patrícia Fernandes do Prado ◽

Marília Fonseca Rocha ◽

Joel Fontes de Sousa ◽

Dênio Iuri Caldeira ◽

Gustavo Fontes Paz ◽

...

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Visceral Leishmaniasis ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Age Group ◽

Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis ◽

Disease Notification ◽

Epidemiological Features ◽

Male Patients ◽

And Control ◽

The City

INTRODUCTION: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an expanding zoonosis in Brazil and is becoming urbanized in several Brazilian regions. This study aims to describe the epidemiological features of human and canine VL in the municipality of Montes Claros, State of Minas Gerais, by focusing on their spatial distribution. METHODS: Data concerning human cases and reactive dogs for VL from 2007 to 2009 were obtained from the Information System for Disease Notification (SINAN) and from reports of the local Centro de Controle de Zoonoses (CCZ), respectively. The addresses of human and canine cases have been georeferenced and localized in thematic maps, allowing their spatial visualization as well as the identification of areas at risk of VL transmission. RESULTS: Ninety-five cases of human VL were reported in the period. The 0-9-year-old age group (48.4%) was the most affected, within which the majority consisted of male patients (64%). Of the samples collected for the canine serological survey, 2,919 (6.3%) were reactive to VL. The spatial localization of these cases shows that the disease was scattered in the urban area of the municipality. Areas showing a higher dissemination risk were concentrated in the central, northwestern, and southern regions of the city. CONCLUSIONS: Identifying the areas most at risk in urban Montes Claros may help guide actions toward local epidemiological vigilance and control.

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Human and canine visceral leishmaniasis in an emerging focus in Araçuaí, Minas Gerais: spatial distribution and socio-environmental factors

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz ◽

10.1590/0074-02760160133 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 111 (8) ◽

pp. 505-511 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Renata Luiz Ursine ◽

João Victor Leite Dias ◽

Harriman Aley Morais ◽

Herton Helder Rocha Pires

Keyword(s):

Spatial Distribution ◽

Visceral Leishmaniasis ◽

Environmental Factors ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis

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Monazite-(Ce) and xenotime-(Y) microinclusions in fluorapatite of the pegmatites from the Volta Grande mine, Minas Gerais state, southeast Brazil, as witnesses of the dissolution–reprecipitation process

Mineralogical Magazine ◽

10.1180/mgm.2019.43 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 83 (4) ◽

pp. 595-606 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Felipe Emerson André Alves ◽

Reiner Neumann ◽

Ciro Alexandre Ávila ◽

Fabiano Richard Leite Faulstich

Keyword(s):

Electron Probe ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Compositional Variation ◽

Partial Removal ◽

Hydrous Fluid ◽

Southeast Brazil ◽

Pegmatite Body ◽

Minas Gerais State ◽

Fluorapatite Structure ◽

Mineralogical Assemblage

AbstractFluorapatite with monazite-(Ce) and xenotime-(Y) microinclusions occurs in the lithium–caesium–tantalum pegmatite body A of the Volta Grande mine, Minas Gerais state, Southeast Brazil. The fluorapatite displays faint zoning, detected mainly by cathodoluminescence. Electron probe and laser ablation analyses indicate that zoning in the fluorapatite corresponds to variation in Mn and rare-earth element (REE) content. Such compositional variation is attributed to partial removal of the REE from the fluorapatite structure during a dissolution–reprecipitation process, forming monazite-(Ce) and xenotime-(Y) microinclusions in the REE-depleted zones of the fluorapatite. These inclusions exhibit an inherited geochemical signature, manifested by low Th and U concentrations when compared to monazite and xenotime crystallised from melts. Rhodochrosite and calcite inclusions are also associated with monazite-(Ce) and xenotime-(Y) and are probably products of the same process, recycling Ca, Mn, and CO32− from the fluorapatite through the following reaction: [Ca(5–2a–b–½x),Naa,(Y + REE)a,Mnb][(PO4)3–x(CO3)x(F)] + Fluid[a(2Ca2+ + P5+) + (x–b)(Ca2+) + H2O)] → [Ca5(PO4)3(F,OH)] + a[(Y + REE)PO4] + b[Mn(CO3)] + (x–b)[Ca(CO3)] + Fluid a[Na+].On the basis of new fluid-inclusion analyses, we propose that a hot (T > 204.5°C), salty (16 wt.% eq. NaCl, attributed to LiCl), hydrous fluid mediated the dissolution–reprecipitation of the fluorapatite. This fluid corresponds to similarly described Li-rich fluids which were suggested to have re-equilibrated the mineralogical assemblage at the Volta Grande mine.

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High prevalence of dengue antibodies and the arginine variant of the FcγRIIa polymorphism in asymptomatic individuals in a population of Minas Gerais State, Southeast Brazil

Immunogenetics ◽

10.1007/s00251-017-1046-y ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 70 (6) ◽

pp. 355-362 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anna Carolina Toledo da Cunha Pereira ◽

Tatiane Ribeiro de Siqueira ◽

Andressa Anunciação de Oliveira Prado ◽

Camila Almeida Veiga da Silva ◽

Thaís de Fátima Silva Moraes ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Minas Gerais ◽

Southeast Brazil ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Minas Gerais State ◽

Asymptomatic Individuals

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Threatened endemic species of Hibiscus l. (Malvaceae) in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Environmental Scientiae ◽

10.6008/cbpc2674-6492.2019.001.0002 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 9-15

Author(s):

Luccas Henrique Gomes Rigueiral ◽

Victor Martins Gonçalez ◽

Marília Cristina Duarte ◽

Cleber Vinicius Vitorio da Silva ◽

Rafael Tavares ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Endemic Species ◽

Native Species ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Critically Endangered ◽

Atlantic Rainforest ◽

Mountain Range ◽

Isolated Populations ◽

Southeast Brazil ◽

Staminal Tube ◽

Minas Gerais State

Hibiscus L. is one of the largest genera of Malvaceae, Southeast Brazil has six endemic species of 14 native species, mainly distributed in cerrado. These Hibiscus are hairy shrubs, with showy flowers of pink corolla, dark base, 5-toothed staminal tube apex, loculicidal capsule of 5 cells. The species inhabit wet ecosystems of the atlantic rainforest and cerrado. After the last study of Hibiscus taxonomy evidencing four endemic species from Minas Gerais state, showed to have the largest endemism center of Hibiscus in Brazil, therefore, using IUCN classification methodology, we indicated H. hilarianus and H. multiformis as vulnerable, H. itirapinensis as endangered and H. mariae as critically endangered. The species are represented by small isolated populations distributed at the mountains and plateaus between Espinhaço mountain range and Planalto Paulista, considered a region with great endemic biodiversity. According to the previously analysis, it is recommended specific studies with techniques and appropriate methodology to research the development and evolutionary characteristics of hibiscus species in Minas Gerais state.

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Spatial distribution of human and canine visceral leishmaniasis in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brasil, 1994-1997

Cadernos de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/s0102-311x2001000500023 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 17 (5) ◽

pp. 1231-1239 ◽

Cited By ~ 62

Author(s):

Cláudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira ◽

Renato Martins Assunção ◽

Ilka Afonso Reis ◽

Fernando Augusto Proietti

Keyword(s):

Spatial Distribution ◽

Visceral Leishmaniasis ◽

Incidence Rates ◽

Control Measures ◽

Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis ◽

Prevalence Rates ◽

Smooth Maps ◽

Human Visceral Leishmaniasis ◽

Minas Gerais State ◽

Belo Horizonte

In this paper, we present spatial analysis of the association between all incidents cases of human Visceral Leishmaniasis and seropositive dogs, from 1994 to 1997 in Belo Horizonte, a large Brazilian city. We geocoded 158 human cases and 11,048 seropositive dogs and compared canine prevalence rates with Human Bayesian Incidence rates in the same areas. We also used Knox's test to evaluate the hypothesis of space-time clustering of human cases in the period. Additionally, we used Kernel's maps for seropositive dogs distribution and located the human cases in the resulting smooth maps. We concluded that human and dog rates are correlated. Also, the Visceral Leishmaniasis in Belo Horizonte spread quickly, but apart from the rates' magnitude, it has kept the same spatial pattern through time. We believe it is possible to use this technique to choose areas to implement control measures against Visceral Leishmaniasis in a more efficient way.

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