Ecology and seasonality of sandflies and potential reservoirs of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ochollo, a hotspot in southern Ethiopia.

• Main Authors: Myrthe Pareyn (Author), Emma Van den Bosch (Author), Nigatu Girma (Author), Natalie van Houtte (Author), Stefan Van Dongen (Author), Gert Van der Auwera (Author), Fekadu Massebo (Author), Simon Shibru (Author), Herwig Leirs (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Ochollo is a village in southern Ethiopia burdened with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), where Phlebotomus pedifer is the only vector for Leishmania aethiopica and hyraxes are confirmed reservoir hosts. A detailed description of the different players of transmission, and...