Canine visceral Leishmaniasis in Barra de Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Assessment of risk factors

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-83

  Cabrera, Maria Alice A ^a   Paula, Adelzon A ^a   Camacho, Luis Antonio B ^a   Marzochi, Mauro Célio A ^a   Xavier, Samanta C ^a   Da Silva, Alba Valéria M ^a   Jansen, Ana Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Reservoirs; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PSYCHODIDAE; RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0037879507     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652003000200005     Document Type: Article

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