TY - JOUR
T1 - Short Report
T2 - Clinical Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Rates Are Associated with Household Lutzomyia gomezi, Lu. Panamensis, and Lu. trapidoi Abundance in Trinidad de Las Minas, Western Panama
AU - Saldaña, Azael
AU - Chaves, Luis F.
AU - Rigg, Chystrie A.
AU - Wald, Coridalia
AU - Smucker, Joanne E.
AU - Calzada, Jose E.
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) transmission patterns have been increasingly associated with domestic and peridomestic environments. Here, we present results from an epidemiological survey of 94 people from 24 households in Trinidad de Las Minas, western Panama. We studied the role of sand fly abundance, housing quality, peridomicile landscape matrix, and vegetation structure on shaping household clinical ACL rate patterns at Trinidad de Las Minas. We found that sand fly abundance was significantly associated with household clinical ACL rates, with a 6% rate increase for each additional Lutzomyia gomezi sand fly found inside a domicile.
AB - American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) transmission patterns have been increasingly associated with domestic and peridomestic environments. Here, we present results from an epidemiological survey of 94 people from 24 households in Trinidad de Las Minas, western Panama. We studied the role of sand fly abundance, housing quality, peridomicile landscape matrix, and vegetation structure on shaping household clinical ACL rate patterns at Trinidad de Las Minas. We found that sand fly abundance was significantly associated with household clinical ACL rates, with a 6% rate increase for each additional Lutzomyia gomezi sand fly found inside a domicile.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84877090528
U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0579
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0579
M3 - Article
C2 - 23339202
AN - SCOPUS:84877090528
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 88
SP - 572
EP - 574
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 3
ER -