Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 285-291

  Silva, Eduardo S ^a   Gontijo, Célia M F ^a   Pacheco, Raquel S ^a   Fiuza, Vanessa O P ^b   Brazil, Reginaldo P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria Estadual de Saúde ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dogs; Epidemiology; Human; Leishmania chagasi; Minas Gerais; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035315864     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000300002     Document Type: Article

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