Peridomestic natural breeding sites of Nyssomyia whitmani (Antunes and Coutinho) in an endemic area of tegumentary leishmaniasis in northeastern Argentina.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Mariana Manteca-Acosta, Regino Cavia, María Eugenia Utgés, Oscar Daniel Salomón, María Soledad Santini
• 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; Argentina; Misiones
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009676; https://doaj.org/article/ebeacb8a96ea44929667c447a1d3467c

The scarce information about breeding sites of phlebotomines limits our understanding of the epidemiology of tegumentary leishmaniasis. Identifying the breeding sites and seasons of immature stages of these vectors is essential to propose prevention and control strategies different from those target...