Cohort study on canine emigration and Leishmania infection in an endemic area for American visceral leishmaniasis. Implications for the disease control

Acta Tropica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-83

  Paranhos Silva, M ^a,b   Nascimento, E G ^c   Melro, M C B F ^a,b   Oliveira, G G S ^a   Dos Santos, W L C ^a   Pontes De Carvalho, L C ^a   Oliveira Dos Santos, A J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria da Saude do Estado da Bahia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine emigration; Canine leishmaniasis; Cohort study; Incidence; Leishmania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MALE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE;

CANINE EMIGRATION; DISEASE CONTROL; LEISHMANIASIS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0031597613     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00116-2     Document Type: Article

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