Forecasting temporal dynamics of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Northeast Brazil.

• Main Authors: Joseph A Lewnard (Author), Lara Jirmanus (Author), Nivison Nery Júnior (Author), Paulo R Machado (Author), Marshall J Glesby (Author), Albert I Ko (Author), Edgar M Carvalho (Author), Albert Schriefer (Author), Daniel M Weinberger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION:Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a vector-borne disease of increasing importance in northeastern Brazil. It is known that sandflies, which spread the causative parasites, have weather-dependent population dynamics. Routinely-gathered weather data may be useful for anticipating disease ri...