Diversity, distribution and natural Leishmania infection of sand flies from communities along the Interoceanic Highway in the Southeastern Peruvian Amazon.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Hugo O Valdivia, Victor O Zorrilla, Liz J Espada, Jocelyn G Perez, Hugo R Razuri, Hubert Vera, Roberto Fernandez, Carlos Tong, Bruno M Ghersi, Gissella M Vasquez, Roxanne G Burrus, Andres G Lescano, Joel M Montgomery
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Baja; Libertad
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009000; https://doaj.org/article/d240e1f6afb84935a37a9bce88ebb7b5

The Peruvian-Brazilian border is a highly endemic tegumentary leishmaniasis region in South America. The interoceanic highway is a commercial route that connects Peru and Brazil through Madre de Dios and has raised concerns about its impact on previously undisturbed areas. In order to assess leishma...