Phlebotominae sand flies associated with a tegumentary leishmaniasis outbreak, Tucumán Province, Argentina Flebotomíneos associados com surto de leishmaniose tegumentar, na Província de Tucumán, Argentina

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Oscar Daniel Salomón, María Gabriela Quintana, Isolina Flores, Ana María Andina, Silvia Molina, Lucía Montivero, Isabel Rosales
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2006
• Subjects: Leishmaniose tegumentar; Flebotomíneos; Lutzomyia; Argentina; Tegumentary leishmaniasis; Phlebotominae; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Alta; Arctic; Tucumán
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822006000400005; https://doaj.org/article/acc4f0202b304be7bc47f2e4011deecf

The distribution of sand flies and cases of tegumentary leishmaniasis in the area surrounding JB Alberd city, and the proximities of Catamarca province were studied, after an increase of reported cases from JB Alberdi, Tucumán province, in 2003. Of 14 confirmed cases, 57% were females and 57% were l...