Risk factors for Leishmania chagasi infection in an urban area of Minas Gerais State

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 456-463

  Moreno, Elizabeth Castro ^a   Melo, Maria Norma ^b   Genaro, Odair ^e   Lambertucci, José Roberto ^b   Serufo, José Carlos ^b   Ribeiro Andrade, Antero Silva ^c   Figueiredo Antunes, Carlos Mauricio ^b,d   Carneiro, Mariângela ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

^d Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^e UFMG ^*

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infection; Kala Azar; Leishmania chagasi; Risk factors; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHODIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 31644435771     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: 00378682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822005000600002     Document Type: Article

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