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From: American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Panama: a historical review of entomological studies on anthropophilic Lutzomyia sand fly species

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Epidemiological patterns of Leishmania ( Viannia ) panamensis in Panama: (A) Sylvatic focus of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis; (B) Non-stable transmission – farmers and hunters; (C) Endemic transmission – indigenous communities; (D) Epidemic transmission – military personnel, tourists and teachers; (E) Tree buttresses; (F) Forest leaf-litter; (G) Potential secondary reservoirs Proechimys semispinosus (Spiny rat), Didelphis marsupialis (Opossum), Dasyprocta punctata (Agoutis), Odocoileus virginianus (White-tail deer); and (H) Primary reservoir Choloepus hoffmanni (Two-toed sloth).

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