Problem and current lines in investigations on the epidemiology of leishmaniasis and its control in the U.S.S.R.
The present epidemiological situation of the three nosoforms of leismaniasis (i.e. anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, zoonotic cutaneous leishmainiasis and visceral leishmaniasis) in the U.S.S.R. is exposed. The current lines in inveestigation of their epidemiology are then presented, with special reference to the methods used and the results obtained for their control.
D006801:Humans; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000517:prevention & control; D014586:USSR