Short Report: Clinical Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Rates Are Associated with Household Lutzomyia gomezi, Lu. Panamensis, and Lu. trapidoi Abundance in Trinidad de Las Minas, Western Panama

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 572-574

  Saldaña, Azael ^a,b   Chaves, Luis F ^c,d   Rigg, Chystrie A ^e   Wald, Coridalia ^e   Smucker, Joanne E ^f   Calzada, Jose E ^e  

^a Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud (ICGES)   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

^f PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; LUTZOMYIA GOMEZI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NYSSOMYIA TRAPIDOI; PANAMA; PSYCHODOPYGUS PANAMENSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOUSING; INSECT CONTROL; LEISHMANIA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHODIDAE;

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMALS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PANAMA; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHODIDAE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877090528     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0579     Document Type: Article

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