Publications by authors named "Lorenzo Verger"
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- Lutzomyia longipalpis is the primary sandfly vector for Leishmania infantum, which causes visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Americas, with a distribution from Mexico to Argentina and Uruguay.
- The sandfly's genetic diversity and geographical structure have been influenced by past founder events during its spread across various biomes, notably recognized in Uruguay since 2010, when VL cases began to emerge.
- Recent research has uncovered new mitochondrial DNA haplotypes in L. longipalpis collected in Uruguay, showing close genetic ties to populations in neighboring regions, suggesting their arrival may have been facilitated by environmental factors like forest corridors along the Uruguay River.
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is an issue of public health concern in high-income and non-endemic countries. Increasing evidence supports the hypothesis of a zoonotic route as the main mode of infection in this epidemiological setting, since the transmission of genotypes HEV-3 and HEV-4 from reservoirs to humans has been demonstrated. In America, studies have confirmed the circulation of HEV in pig herds but the zoonotic role of wild boars has never been evaluated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report an outbreak of canine visceral leishmaniasis in Uruguay. Blood specimens from 11/45 dogs tested positive for Leishmania spp. Specimens of Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies were captured; typing revealed Leishmania infantum.
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