Ecology of sandflies Diptera: Psychodidae) in a restricted focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Northern Venezuela: IV. Sandfly monthly fluctuation and leishmaniasis incidence relationship Ecologia dos flebótomos em um foco restrito de leishmaniose cutânea no norte da Venezuela: IV. Flutuação mensal de flebótomos e sua relação com a incidência de leishmaniose

An attempt has been made to correlate the monthly incidence of human leishmaniasis with the temporal distribution of sandfly species at San Esteban, Northern Venezuela. Upon statistical analysis, the seasonal fluctuation of L. ovallesi population correlated strongly with the human disease, while the...

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Main Author: M. Dora Feliciangeli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1987-06-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761987000200004