Urban distribution of Phlebotominae in a cutaneous leishmaniasis focus, Argentina

Urbanization and vector domestication are currently proposed as factors that contributed to the recent increase of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL). Is likely also urban transmission? Oran is the main city in the Argentinean hyper-endemic area of ACL, and human cases in urban residences are us...

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Main Authors: Oscar D Salomón, María G Quintana, Mario Zaidenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2008-05-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762008000300010