Domestic and peridomestic transmission of American cutaneous leishmaniasis: changing epidemiological patterns present new control opportunities

AUTOR(ES)

Campbell-Lendrum, Diarmid, Dujardin, Jean-Pierre, Martinez, Eddy, Feliciangeli, M Dora, Perez, J Enrique, Silans, Laura Ney Marcelino Passerat de, Desjeux, Philippe

FONTE

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2001-02

RESUMO

Predictions that deforestation would reduce American cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence have proved incorrect. Presentations at a recent international workshop, instead, demonstrated frequent domestication of transmission throughout Latin America. While posing new threats, this process also increases the effectiveness of vector control in and around houses. New approaches for sand fly control and effective targeting of resources are reviewed.

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