Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in Northeast Brazil

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 1124-1132

  Evans, Thomas G ^a,b,c   Teixeira, Maria Jania ^a,b,c   McAuliffe, Isabel T ^a,b,c   de Alencar Barros Vasconcelos, Izabel ^a,b,c   Vasconcelos, Antonio Wilson ^a,b,c   de Queiroz Sousa, Anastacio ^a,b,c   de Oliveira Lima, Jose Wellington ^a,b,c   Pearson, Richard D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROCONVERSION;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SKIN TESTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026705124     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/166.5.1124     Document Type: Article

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