Domestic and peridomestic transmission of American cutaneous leishmaniasis: changing epidemiological patterns present new control opportunities
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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96(2): 159-62, Feb. 2001.
Article
in English
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| ID: lil-281561
ABSTRACT
Predictions that deforestation would reduce American cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence have proved incorrect. Presentations at a recent international workshop, instead, demonstrated frequent domestication of transmission throughout Latin America. While posing new threats, this process also increases the effectiveness of vector control in and around houses. New approaches for sand fly control and effective targeting of resources are reviewed
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
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Housing
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Bolivia
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Brazil
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France
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Peru
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Switzerland
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United kingdom
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Venezuela
Institution/Affiliation country:
FNS/BR
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Institut de Recherche pour le Développement/BO
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/GB
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UMR/FR
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Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia/PE
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Universidad de Carabobo/VE
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World Health Organization/CH
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