Foco de leishmaniose tegumentar americana nos municípios de Viana e Cariacica, Estado do Espirito Santo, Brasil

A mucocutaneous leishmaniasis focus occuring in four village situated in Viana and Cariacica counties, located near the sea-coast of Espírito Santo State, Brazil, is described. Seventy one cases of the disease were diagnosed between May 1978 and December 1982. The laboratorial confirmation was obtained by the Montenegro test in 66 patients and by biopsy in 15. The 0 to 10 year age-group was the most affected. The strains of the parasites isolated from 3 patients and 27 dogs were classified as Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis. Among 257 wild animals captured the Leishmania was isolated in two Proechimys iheringi only, and identified as L. mexicana aristedesi. The most numerous sandfly specimens (Lutzomyia intermedia, L. fischeri and L. migonei) were captured with greater frequency both inside and outside residences. The possibility of the transmission's occuring both inside and outside residences was noteworthy.Descreve-se um foco de leishmaniose tegumentar americana abrangendo quatro localidades dos municípios de Viana e Cariacica situados próximo ao litoral do Estado do Espírito Santo, Brasil. Foram diagnosticados 71 casos no período de maio de 1978 a dezembro de 1982. A confirmação laboratorial foi obtida pela intradermorreação de Montenegro em 66 pacientes e pelo encontro do parasita em 15. A faixa etária mais acometida foi a de 0-10 anos. Amostras do parasita isoladas de 3 pacientes e de 27 cães foram classificadas como Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis. De apenas dois Proechimys iheringi, entre 257 mamíferos silvestres estudados, isolou-se Leishmania, que foi identificada como Leishmania mexicana aristedesi. As espécies de flebotomíneos mais numerosas (Lutzomyia intermedia, L. fischeri e L. migonei) apresentaram um elevado grau de adaptação aos ambientes intra e peri-domibiliar. Levantou-se a hipótese da transmissão estar ocorrendo no intra e peri-domicílio

NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data