Potential animal reservoirs (dogs and bats) of human visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum in French Guiana.

• Main Authors: Hacène Medkour (Author), Bernard Davoust (Author), François Dulieu (Author), Laurent Maurizi (Author), Thierry Lamour (Author), Jean-Lou Marié (Author), Oleg Mediannikov (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In French Guiana, cutaneous leishmaniasis is highly endemic, whereas no autochthonous case of visceral leishmaniasis have been reported so far. However, due to its proximity to Brazil which is highly endemic for visceral leishmaniasis, and the high transboundary population flow, an epidemiological c...