Sandfly fauna in a military training area endemic for American tegumentary leishmaniasis in the Atlantic Rain Forest region of Pernambuco, Brazil Fauna de flebotomíneos em área de treinamento militar endêmica para leishmaniose tegumentar americana, na Zona da Mata de Pernambuco, Brasil

The aim of this study was to characterize the sandfly fauna in a military training area situated in the "Zona da Mata" region of Pernambuco State, Brazil, where human cases of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) had been observed, caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. The occur...

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Main Authors: Maria Sandra Andrade, Hélio França Valença, Amilton Lopes da Silva, Francisco de Assis Almeida, Ericka Lima Almeida, Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito, Sinval Pinto Brandão Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2005-12-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2005000600023