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. 1994 Feb;88(1):29-36.
doi: 10.1080/00034983.1994.11812831.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tachira State, Venezuela

R Maingon  1 , D Feliciangeli, B Guzman, N Rodriguez, J Convit, R Adamson, M Chance, I Petralanda, M Dougherty, R Ward
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tachira State, Venezuela

R Maingon et al. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1994 Feb.

Abstract

Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniases are widely spread in the mountainous Andean regions of South America. In Venezuela, these regions consist of the coffee-growing states of Trujillo, Merida and Tachira. Entomological and parasitological investigations in three geographically different climatic zones (Lomas Bajas, Delicias and La Grita) in Tachira state have shown a predominance of the sandfly species Lutzomyia spinicrassa (verrucarum group) and two Leishmania species, Leishmania mexicana and Leishmania braziliensis. Two transmission cycles appear to occur: a peridomestic cycle in Lomas Bajas and a sylvatic one in Delicias and La Grita.

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