Sand fly population dynamics and cutaneous leishmaniasis among soldiers in an Atlantic forest remnant in northeastern Brazil.

• Main Authors: Filipe Dantas-Torres (Author), Kamila Gaudêncio da Silva Sales (Author), Débora Elienai de Oliveira Miranda (Author), Fernando José da Silva (Author), Luciana Aguiar Figueredo (Author), Fábio Lopes de Melo (Author), Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito (Author), Maria Sandra Andrade (Author), Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Outbreaks of cutaneous leishmaniasis are relatively common among soldiers involved in nocturnal activities in tropical forests. We investigated the population dynamics of sand flies in a military training camp located in a remnant of Atlantic rainforest in northeastern Brazil, where outbreaks of cut...