Environmental and socio-economic determinants associated with the occurrence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the northeast of Colombia | Zendy

Juan David Gutiérrez | Zendy; Ruth Aralí Martínez-Vega | Zendy; Josefa Ramoni-Perazzi | Zendy; Fredi Alexander Díaz-Quijano | Zendy; Reinaldo Gutiérrez | Zendy; Freddy J Ruiz | Zendy; Héctor Alberto Botello Peñaloza | Zendy; María Gil | Zendy; J. A. Gonzalez | Zendy; Mario Moya Palencia | Zendy

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Environmental and socio-economic determinants associated with the occurrence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the northeast of Colombia

Author(s) -

Juan David Gutiérrez,

Ruth Aralí Martínez-Vega,

Josefa Ramoni-Perazzi,

Fredi Alexander Díaz-Quijano,

Reinaldo Gutiérrez,

Freddy J Ruiz,

Héctor Alberto Botello Peñaloza,

María Gil,

J. A. Gonzalez,

Mario Moya Palencia

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725

H-Index - 105

eISSN - 1878-3503

pISSN - 0035-9203

DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/try011

Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , cutaneous leishmaniasis , medicine , veterinary medicine , socioeconomic status , altitude (triangle) , demography , geography , environmental protection , leishmaniasis , environmental health , population , immunology , physics , geometry , mathematics , sociology , optics

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a vector-borne disease that is widely distributed in most tropical regions. Colombia has experienced an important increase in its incidence during the last decade. There are CL transmission foci in the Colombian departments of Santander and Norte de Santander.

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