Distribution and Dispersal of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Focus, the Northern Negev, Israel.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Laor Orshan, Shirly Elbaz, Yossi Ben-Ari, Fouad Akad, Ohad Afik, Ira Ben-Avi, Debora Dias, Dan Ish-Shalom, Liora Studentsky, Irina Zonstein
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Burrows
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004819; https://doaj.org/article/8002f275488645f69e585e621d34e57a

BACKGROUND:Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis has long been endemic in Israel. In recent years reported incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis increased and endemic transmission is being observed in a growing number of communities in regions previously considered free of the disease. Here we report the...