Environmental risk factors for the incidence of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in a sub-Andean zone of Colombia (Chaparral, Tolima).

Environmental risk factors for cutaneous leishmaniasis were investigated for the largest outbreak recorded in Colombia. The outbreak began in 2003 in Chaparral, and in the following five years produced 2,313 cases in a population of 56,228. Candidate predictor variables were land use, elevation, and...

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Autores:

Valderrama Ardila, Carlos
Alexander, Neal
Ferro, Cristina
Cadena, Horacio
Marín, Dairo
Holford, Theodore R.
Munstermann, Leonard E.
Ocampo, Clara B.

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2010

Institución:

Universidad ICESI

Repositorio:

Repositorio ICESI

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/79872

Acceso en línea:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20134000
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=PMC2813165
http://hdl.handle.net/10906/79872
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0218

Palabra clave:

Factores de riesgo
Riesgos ambientales
Leishmaniasis cutánea

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openAccess

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/