Manabi, Ecuador: Increase of Leishmaniasis in 2017

SHARP INCREASE IN MANABI PROVINCE NOT JUST LOCALIZED IN RURAL BUT NOW URBAN AREAS
Transmitted both by mosquito and sand fly population
eldiario.ec (machine translated) The expert also noted that this year soared the number of cases in Manabí, which in 2015 registered 293 infected, while in 2016 totaled 236, however so far in 2017 go 430 new cases, that is 194 more than the previous year.

The most critical month was September, when 242 patients were registered, in October they added 97 and another detail to consider is that the disease migrated from the countryside and is now in the city. In Portoviejo many cases were registered in El Florón, said the official
Néstor Gallegos, master in epidemiology, said that before the disease was limited only to rural areas, moreover, he recalled that between 2000 and 2003 there were only cases in Severino and San Sebastian de Pichincha and in El Carmen, but now he sees that there is in many places, he said.
He explained that the white blanket develops especially where there is moisture and weeds. He recalled that it is a mosquito that looks like a bunny because of its small wings and can fly up to a meter and a half, and asked to clean brush and litter to reduce its presence in that habitat. Read Article

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