Domestic and Peridomestic Transmission of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Changing Epidemiological Patterns Present New Control Opportunities

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2001, Volume 96, Number 2, pp. 159-162 Domestic and Peridomestic Transmission of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Changing Epidemiological Patterns Present New Control Opportunities Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum/+, Jean-Pierre Dujardin*, Eddy Martinez**, M Dora Feliciangeli***, J Enrique Perez****, Laura Ney Marcelino Passerat de Silans*****, Philippe Desjeux****** Code Number: oc01021 ABSTRACT: Predictions that deforestation would reduce American cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence have proved incorrect. Presentations at a recent international workshop, instead, demonstrated frequent domestication of transmission throughout Latin America. While posing new threats, this process also increases the effectiveness of vector control in and around houses. New approaches for sand fly control and effective targeting of resources are reviewed. KEYWORDS: American cutaneous leishmaniasis, deforestation, domestication, transmission, control Copyright 2001 Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz Fiocru