Heterogeneity of environments associated with transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in South-Eastern France and implication for control strategies.

• Main Authors: Benoit Faucher (Author), Jean Gaudart (Author), Francoise Faraut (Author), Christelle Pomares (Author), Charles Mary (Author), Pierre Marty (Author), Renaud Piarroux (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum is currently spreading into new foci across Europe. Leishmania infantum transmission in the Old World was reported to be strongly associated with a few specific environments. Environmental changes due to global warming or human activity w...