Holocene man-occupied caves and transformed wetlands as facilitating factors for Leishmania infantum in South America
The most relevant implication of our findings is that visceral leishmaniasis should be considered a long-term human related disease, associated with few sandfly species well adapted to our modified, and heavily contaminated, environments.
Authors
- Barbosa Reis Alexandre
- Tiago D. Serafim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1606-559X)
- Rafael Vieira Duarte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0545-9713)
- Luccas Gabriel Ferreira Malta
- Sérvio Pontes Ribeiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0191-8759)
- Andrade Filho José Dilermando
- Marcos Horácio Pereira
- Jesus G. Valenzuela
- Nelder de Figueiredo Gontijo
- Carlos Eduardo de Viveiros Grelle
- Maria Eduarda da Rocha; Universidade de Fortaleza – [email protected] Almeida
- Camila Gonçalves da Fonseca Dias
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760250190
- Primary Topic
- Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00