Cutaneous leishmaniasis and sand fly fluctuations are associated with el niño in panamá.

• Main Authors: Luis Fernando Chaves (Author), José E Calzada (Author), Anayansí Valderrama (Author), Azael Saldaña (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical vector-borne disease. Sand fly vectors (SF) and Leishmania spp parasites are sensitive to changes in weather conditions, rendering disease transmission susceptible to changes in local and global scale climatic patterns. Nevertheless, it...