Leishmaniasis in Bolivia: II. The involvement of Psychodopygus yucumensis and Psychodopygus llanosmartinsi in the selvatic transmission cycle of Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis in a lowland subandean region
An epidemiological survey of the vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis ("espúndia" type) was caried out in the Alto Beni region of Bolivia, an area of Andean foothills at the Eastern limit of the Amazonian lowlands. The climate is typical wet tropical (15ºS latitude). Anthropophilic phlebotom...
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
1986-09-01
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| Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761986000300007 |