Data-driven predictions of potential Leishmania vectors in the Americas.

• Main Authors: Gowri M Vadmal (Author), Caroline K Glidden (Author), Barbara A Han (Author), Bruno M Carvalho (Author), Adrian A Castellanos (Author), Erin A Mordecai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The incidence of vector-borne diseases is rising as deforestation, climate change, and globalization bring humans in contact with arthropods that can transmit pathogens. In particular, incidence of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL), a disease caused by parasites transmitted by sandflies, is inc...