Phlebotomine sandfly fauna and natural Leishmania infection rates in a rural area of Cerrado (tropical savannah) in Nova Mutum, State of Mato Grosso in Brazil

Phlebotomine sandfly fauna and natural Leishmania infection rates in a rural area of Cerrado (tropical savannah) in Nova Mutum, State of Mato Grosso in Brazil

Introduction American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) has been reported in every municipality of the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, but the transmission epidemiology remains poorly understood. Our study was developed in a rural area of the Nova Mutum municipality where four autochthonous cases of ACL w...

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Main Authors: Sirlei Franck Thies, Ana Lucia Maria Ribeiro, Erika Monteiro Michalsky, Rosina Djunko Miyazaki, Consuelo Latorre Fortes-Dias, Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes, Edelberto Santos Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-06-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Phlebotomine sandfly
Leishmania
American cutaneous leishmaniasis
Nova Mutum
Lutzomyia
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