Risk assessment for canine leishmaniasis spreading in the north of Italy

The incidence of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis has not only been recognized but is, in fact, increasing in territories of northern continental Italy previously regarded as non-endemic. Recent findings of sporadic autochthonous canine infections and the presence of phlebotomine vectors in some prov...

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Main Authors: Giulia Morosetti, Gioia Bongiorno, Bernadett Beran, Aldo Scalone, Judith Moser, Marina Gramiccia, Luigi Gradoni, Michele Maroli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2009-11-01
Series:Geospatial Health
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Online Access:http://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/214