Incidence of Human and Free-Ranging Wild Rodent Infections with Leishmania ( Viannia ) braziliensis , Aetiological Agent of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.
Orin CourtenayJosé F Marinho-JúniorMaria Edileuza F BritoJuliana F C L S MonteiroJeffrey J ShawSinval P Brandão-FilhoPublished in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
continues to be high despite the substantial drop in reported ACL cases in recent years. Spill-over transmission risk to humans from rodents in peridomestic habitats is likely supported by a rodent infection/transmission corridor linking houses, plantations, and the Atlantic Forest.