Preliminary observations of the urbanization and domiciliation of the American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Rio Branco, Acre, Western Amazon

Preliminary observations of the urbanization and domiciliation of the American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Rio Branco, Acre, Western Amazon

ABSTRACT Background: The American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is expanding in peri-urban environments. Methods: An entomological survey was conducted in the area of the occurrence of an autochthonous urban case of ACL. Sandflies and a parasitological slide of the human case were submitted for...

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Main Authors: Andreia Fernandes Brilhante, Ricardo Andrade Zampieri, Eduardo Alcici de Souza, Ana Carolina Gomes Carneiro, Edmilson Pereira Barroso, Marcia Moreira de Ávila, Leonardo Augusto Kohara Melchior, Janis Lunier de Souza, Elizangela Soares de Oliveira, Maria Carmelinda Gonçalves Pinto, Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2022-12-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Health Surveillance
Leishmania
Psychodidae
Urban population
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