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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Sand Fly Fluctuations Are Associated with El Niño in Panamá

BACKGROUND: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical vector-borne disease. Sand fly vectors (SF) and Leishmania spp parasites are sensitive to changes in weather conditions, rendering disease transmission susceptible to changes in local and global scale climatic patterns. Nevertheless, i...

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Autores principales: Chaves, Luis Fernando, Calzada, José E., Valderrama, Anayansí, Saldaña, Azael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4183471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25275503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003210