Lutzomyia longipalpis in Uruguay: the first report and the potential of visceral leishmaniasis transmission

Phlebotomine captures were performed in February 2010 in Salto (Salto department) and Bella Unión-Cuarein (Artigas department), Uruguay. Bella Unión is located across the Paraná River from Monte Caseros, Argentina, where a focus of canine visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was reported in 2009. No VL cases...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Oscar Daniel Salomón, Yester Basmajdian, María Soledad Fernández, María Soledad Santini
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2011-05-01
Subjects:	Lutzomyia longipalpis visceral leishmaniasis Uruguay
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000300023&lng=en&tlng=en