Sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis in a cutaneous leishmaniasis focus in central Colombia

Lutzomyia longipalpis, 15 other species of the genus Lutzomyia, and one species of Brumptomyia were collected in an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a river canyon 450 m above sea-level, in Rio Claro, Antioquia, Colombia. The presence of Lu. longipalpis is associated with the destruction...

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Main Authors: Yolanda López, Lisardo Osorio, Gilberto Alvarez, Jaime Rojas, Fernando Jiménez, Carmen Gómez, Cristina Ferro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1996-08-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761996000400005

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