Epidemiology and ecology of leishmaniasis in Latin-America.
Nature, 1978/6/22;273(5664):595-600.
PMID: 351409
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Abstract
Of the diseases caused by protozoal parasites, leishmaniasis is probably second in importance only to malaria. Chemotherapeutic drugs are toxic, expensive and not 100% effective. This, and the absence of any non-living vaccine against the disease, means that control depends on eliminating either reservoirs or insect vectors, or both. Recently, a greatly increased knowledge of the Leishmania species involved, and of their natural hosts, has helped to define the nature and extent of the problem.
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Animals; Ecology; Humans; Insect Vectors; Latin America; Leishmania; Leishmaniasis; Leishmaniasis, Visceral; Psychodidae
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