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LEISHMANIASIS ENTOMOLOGICAL FIELD STUDIES: ETHICAL ISSUES
Author(s) -
ANDRADENARVAEZ FERNANDO,
CANTOLARA SILVIA B.,
DEL ROSARIO GARCIAMISS MARIA
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
developing world bioethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1471-8847
pISSN - 1471-8731
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2008.00245.x
Subject(s) - leishmaniasis , cutaneous leishmaniasis , politics , ethical issues , developing country , leishmania mexicana , field (mathematics) , leishmania , field research , environmental health , political science , sociology , engineering ethics , medicine , social science , biology , immunology , law , ecology , engineering , parasite hosting , mathematics , world wide web , computer science , pure mathematics
Occupational health remains neglected in developing countries because of competing social, economic and political challenges. Ethical issues in the workplace related to the hazards and risks of becoming infected by Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana , through the bite of naturally infected sand flies, is another area of concern that has been neglected as well. We report here the results of reviewing two entomological field studies carried out in our research center from 2003 to 2006. Eight students from our School of Biology were invited to catch sand flies. A total of six of the eight (75%) developed a typical clinical picture of Localized Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (LCL) caused by L. (L.) mexicana . In this article we identify the ethical issues related to these kinds of studies and propose some guidelines for conducting them.