Distribution of Lutzomyia longipalpis chemotype populations in São Paulo state, Brazil.

• Main Authors: Claudio Casanova (Author), Fernanda E Colla-Jacques (Author), James G C Hamilton (Author), Reginaldo P Brazil (Author), Jeffrey J Shaw (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) is an emerging disease in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Its geographical expansion and the increase in the number of human cases has been linked to dispersion of Lutzomyia longipalpis into urban areas. To produce more accurate risk maps we investig...