American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Pontal of Paranapanema - SP, Brazil: ecological and entomological aspects Leishmaniose cutânea americana no Pontal do Paranapanema, SP, Brasil: aspectos ecológicos e entomológicos

American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Pontal of Paranapanema - SP, Brazil: ecological and entomological aspects Leishmaniose cutânea americana no Pontal do Paranapanema, SP, Brasil: aspectos ecológicos e entomológicos

American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) occurs in epidemic outbreaks and in sporadic cases with small annual variation in the Pontal of Paranapanema, SP. There is little research on the sandfly fauna of this region. The last outbreaks were related to the Movement of the Landless Workers (MST) and wit...

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Main Authors: Claudia Álvares Calvo Alessi, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati, José Roberto Alves, Carlos Eduardo Pereira Corbett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2009-10-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Ecology
Phlebotominae
Brazil
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