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MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ
Volume 96, Issue 2, Pages 159-162Publisher
FUNDACO OSWALDO CRUZ
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000200004
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American cutaneous leishmaniasis; deforestation; domestication; transmission; control
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Predictions that deforestation would reduce American cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence have proved incorrect. Presentations at a recent international workshop. instead, demonstrated frequent domestication of transmission throughout Latin America. While posing new threats, this process also increases the effectiveness of vector control in and around houses. New approaches for sandfly control and effective targeting of resources are reviewed.
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