| tegumentary leishmaniasis outbreak in bella vista city, corrientes, argentina during 2003. | bella vista city, corrientes, argentina, reported an epidemic outbreak of tegumentary leishmaniasis during 2003. the mean age of the 31 cases was 25.0 +/- 13.7 years old, with a sex ratio male:female 1.8, and without mucosal involvement. they clustered in two contiguous neighbourhoods, 96% in the periurban border and 4% in the peripheral outskirts. the transmission peak was estimated to have occurred during april 2003. four species (3608 sand flies) were captured in nine sites: lutzomyia neivai ... | 2006 | 17160285 |
| [phlebotominae: vectors of leishmaniasis in the provinces of santa fe and entre ríos, argentina]. | the transmission of tegumentary leishmaniasis (tl) has increased in 9 provinces of argentina since 1985. santa fe and entre ríos did not record in this period autochtonous probed cases: however, an epidemic outbreak took place in 2003 in bella vista, corrientes, located in an area with ecological continuity and contiguous to both provinces. in order to evaluate the potential risk of transmission of lt, phlebotominae were captured at locations close to and southern from bella vista during februar ... | 2006 | 16871908 |