Spatial Distribution of Sand Fly Vectors and Eco-Epidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Transmission in Colombia: e0139391

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 10
• Main Authors: Ferro, Cristina, Lopez, Marla, Fuya, Patricia, Lugo, Ligia, Cordovez, Juan Manuel, Gonzalez, Camila
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Leishmania; Lutzomyia gomezi; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Phlebotominae; Colombia

Background Leishmania is transmitted by Phlebotominae insects that maintain the enzootic cycle by circulating between sylvatic and domestic mammals; humans enter the cycles as accidental hosts due to the vector's search for blood source. In Colombia, leishmaniasis is an endemic disease and 95%...