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ROMERO PALMERA, José; PRADERES, Glennys  e  CALZOLAIO C, Vita. Leishmaniasis Visceral: Estudio clínico epidemiológico de una serie de casos en el estado Aragua. Venezuela 2000-2010VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF A SERIE OF CASES IN THE ARAGUA STATE. VENEZUELA, 2000-2010. Comunidad y Salud [online]. 2012, vol.10, n.2, pp.050-056. ISSN 1690-3293.

Visceral Leishmaniasis is an infectious, parasitic, endemic and cosmopolitan, of wide geographical distribution, considered a reemerging disease emerging in urban and suburban areas, produced by L. (L.) infantum and transmitted to humans by the bite of small dipterous the genus Lutzomyia involving small and large mammals in the family Canidae. The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the series of cases of visceral leishmaniasis in Aragua state in the period 2000-2010. We performed an epidemiological study, a retrospective case series, we reviewed the records of 13 of notification and registration of cases of visceral leishmaniasis, obtained from the National Programme for Control of Visceral Leishamniasis, and its annexes. Of these 10 (76.9%) were children under 15 years and 7 (53.8%) were under 4 years. In males, 61.54% was observed predominantly. The 84.62% of cases had symptomatic triad: persistent fever splenomegaly and progressive weight loss, which is accompanied by hepatomegaly and Soft Painless at 76.92%. For the secondary clinical, the main sign was anorexia 84.62%, followed by anemia (64.51%). Visceral Leishmaniasis in Aragua State was characterized as hypoendemic from 1941 to the present, with the presence of index cases and temporary disruption in the urban areas of the different municipalities. The formation of health professionals for knowledge of clinical and epidemiological aspects is essential for early diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Palavras-chave : Visceral leishmaniasis; Epidemiology; Clinical Signs.

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