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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Autores: Salomón, Oscar Daniel, Quintana, María Gabriela, Bruno, Mario R., Quiriconi, Ricardo V., Cabral, Viviana
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2009
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositório:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/58212
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/58212
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:ARGENTINA
LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS
VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Resumo: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.