{
  "id": 17338664,
  "title": "Forest fragmentation, anthropogenic land use, and climate shape sand fly community composition in central Panama.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/forest-fragmentation-anthropogenic-land-use-and-climate-shape-sand",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.26.761809v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Background: American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is endemic in central Panama, where rapid land use change is transforming tropical landscapes and potentially altering the ecology of sand fly vectors. Although researchers have widely studied environmental determinants of individual vector species, community-level responses of sand fly assemblages to landscape modification remain poorly…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}