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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 97, No. 5, 2002, pp. 641-642
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Bioline Code: oc02122
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 97, No. 5, 2002, pp. 641-642
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SHORT COMMUNICATION - Presence of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Vectors Surrounding the City of Medellín, Colombia
Luz A Agudelo; Jaime Uribe; Diana Sierra; Fredy Ruíz & Iván D Vélez
Abstract
The presence of Lutzomyia (Helcocyrtomyia) hartmanni, as
a vector of Leishmania colombiensis and L. columbiana (Verrucarum group),
recently incriminated in the transmission of leishmaniasis, and L. pia (Verrucarum
group) are reported for the first time in a periurban area of Medellín
city. There is thus a risk of leishmaniasis transmission in this town.
Keywords
Lutzomyia spp. vectors - urbanization - Medellín - Colombia
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