Actividades de vigilancia epidemiológica de la leptospirosis en el interior de la provincia de Buenos Aires

EXEQUIEL SCIALFA; OSCAR GALLICCHIO; SYLVIA GRUNE; MARIANA RECAVARREN; MARIANA RIVERO; SILVINA QUINTANA; PABLO AGUIRRE; DARÍO SAN ANTÓN; BIBIANA BRIHUEGA

Revista Argentina de Zoonosis y Enfermedades Infecciosas Emergentes

Asociación Argentina de Zoonosis

Año: 2017 vol. 12 p. 1 - 7

1851-3638

The Department of Rural Zoonosis (with yields in Azul) receives samples of human patients suspected of leptospirosis of 7/12 health regions. Annually, approximately 400 suspected human cases of leptospirosis (with symptoms and compatible epidemiology) are reported within the province. Risk factors are related to occupational, recreational activities, and exposure to a home; people exposed to flooding have increased risk of developing the disease. In addition to human disease diagnosis, surveillance activities, including the identification, reporting, review, monitoring of cases and deaths are made. In the interior of Buenos Aires province, circulationof L. interrogans serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae Copenhageni Fiocruz L1-130 and M20 was found, and RGA (peri-urban and rural areas) and serogroup canicola Hound Utrecht IV (rural area). In wildlife, isolates rates vary by species: R. norvegicus (44%), A. azarae (25%), C. chinga (14.3%), L. griseus (10%) and D. albiventris (2%). The 41 isolates obtained from wild animals, put one hand manifest circulation of highly pathogenic various serogroups of Leptospira in the region, and on the other, the presence of new carriers that would fulfill an important role in the epidemiology of the disease.