Visceral leishmaniasis in border areas: Clustered distribution of phlebotomine sand flies in Clorinda, Argentina

Three years after the first report of Lutzomyia longipalpis in Clorinda, Argentina, a border city near Asunción, Paraguay, the city was surveyed again. Lu. longipalpis was found clustered in the same neighbourhoods in 2007 as in 2004, even though the scattered distribution of canine visceral leishma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Salomón, Oscar Daniel, Quintana, María Gabriela, Bruno, Mario R., Quiriconi, Ricardo V., Cabral, Viviana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/58212
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/58212
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ARGENTINA
LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS
VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:Three years after the first report of Lutzomyia longipalpis in Clorinda, Argentina, a border city near Asunción, Paraguay, the city was surveyed again. Lu. longipalpis was found clustered in the same neighbourhoods in 2007 as in 2004, even though the scattered distribution of canine visceral leishmaniasis was more related to the traffic of dogs through the border.