Volume 17, Number 7—July 2011
Letter
Aircraft and Risk of Importing a New Vector of Visceral Leishmaniasis
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![Commercial air transport routes between Lisbon, Portugal, and cities in Brazil that could make possible the accidental importation into Europe of Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies, a vector of visceral leishmaniasis.](/eid/images/10-2002-F1.jpg)
Figure. Commercial air transport routes between Lisbon, Portugal, and cities in Brazil that could make possible the accidental importation into Europe of Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies, a vector of visceral leishmaniasis.
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