title: Amazonian visceral leishmaniasis--distribution of the vector Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva) in relation to the fox Cerdocyon thous (linn.) and the efficiency of this reservoir host as a source of infection.
authors.affiliation: Seção de Parasitologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Fundação SESP, Belém, PA, Brasil.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lainson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dye
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Macdonald
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Courtenay
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Silveira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005589:Foxes / Q000469:parasitology; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000635:transmission*; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000469:parasitology*