Ecology and seasonality of sandflies and potential reservoirs of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ochollo a hotspot in southern Ethiopia

摘要

BackgroundOchollo is a village in southern Ethiopia burdened with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), where Phlebotomus pedifer is the only vector for Leishmania aethiopica and hyraxes are confirmed reservoir hosts. A detailed description of the different players of transmission, and the ecology and seasonality of the vector needs to be established in order to accomplish efficient control programs.