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Vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis in north‐central Venezuela
1 Oct 1994
Abstract excerpt
An entomological survey was undertaken from January 1991 to February 1992 in El Ingenio, Miranda State, Venezuela, an endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis: prevalence of 10.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. A total of 4863 female sandflies (Phlebotominae) of fourteen species were collected in Shannon traps, then dissected and examined for leishmanial infections. Lutzomyia ovallesi (85.4%) and Lu. gomezi (11.2%)...
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