Changing epidemiology of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in Brazil: A disease of the urban-rural interface

Acta Tropica

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-162

  Oliveira, Carlos C G ^a   Lacerda, Henio G ^a   Martins, Daniella R M ^a   Barbosa, James D A ^a   Monteiro, Gloria R ^a   Queiroz, Jose W ^a   Sousa, Jacira M A ^a,b   Ximenes, Maria F F M ^a   Jeronimo, Selma M B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Montenegro response; Sandflies

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST; URBAN POPULATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 1442286049     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.11.011     Document Type: Article

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