Domestic and Peridomestic Transmission of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Changing Epidemiological Patterns Present New Control Opportunities

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-162

  Campbell Lendrum, Diarmid ^a   Dujardin, Jean Pierre ^b,c   Martinez, Eddy ^d   Feliciangeli, M Dora ^e   Perez, J Enrique ^f   Passerat De Silans, Laura Ney Marcelino ^g   Desjeux, Philippe ^h  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^f INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^g FNS/SEOPE/Nucleo de Entomologia   (Brazil)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

American cutaneous leishmaniasis; Control; Deforestation; Domestication; Transmission

Indexed keywords

PHLEBOTOMINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TREE;

ANIMALS; CHILD; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PSYCHODIDAE; TREES;

EID: 0035257605     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000200004     Document Type: Article

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