Studies on control of visceral leishmaniasis: Impact of dog control on canine and human visceral leishmaniasis in Jacobina, bahia, Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-57

  Ashford, David A ^a   David, John R ^b   Freire, Miralba ^c   David, Roberta ^b   Sherlock, Italo ^d   Da Conçeicao Eulalio, Maria ^c   Sampaio, Diana Prdral ^c   Badaro, Roberto ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DISEASE CONTROL; DOG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROCONVERSION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0031800124     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.53     Document Type: Article

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