Natural infection by Leishmania infantum in the Lutzomyia longipalpis population of an endemic coastal area to visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil is not associated with bioclimatic factors.

• Main Authors: Tiago Feitosa Mota (Author), Orlando Marcos Farias de Sousa (Author), Yuri de Jesus Silva (Author), Lairton Souza Borja (Author), Bruna Martins Macedo Leite (Author), Manuela da Silva Solcà (Author), Djalma Alves de Melo (Author), Claudia Ida Brodskyn (Author), Edelberto Santos Dias (Author), Patrícia Sampaio Tavares Veras (Author), Deborah Bittencourt Mothé Fraga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a zoonosis caused by the protozoan Leishmania infantum and in Brazil is transmitted mainly by the bite of Lutzomuyia longipalpis sand flies. Data about the presence, distribution, natural infection rate, seasonal and monthly dynamics of the vector population are import...