Climate change and risk of leishmaniasis in north america: predictions from ecological niche models of vector and reservoir species.

• Main Authors: Camila González (Author), Ophelia Wang (Author), Stavana E Strutz (Author), Constantino González-Salazar (Author), Víctor Sánchez-Cordero (Author), Sahotra Sarkar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Climate change is increasingly being implicated in species' range shifts throughout the world, including those of important vector and reservoir species for infectious diseases. In North America (México, United States, and Canada), leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease that is au...