Epidemiological aspects of American tegumentary leishmaniasis in Varzelândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil;Aspectos epidemiológicos da leishmaniose tegumentar americana em Varzelândia, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1343-1347

  Nunes, Adriana Guimarães ^a   De Paula, Edvá Vieira ^b   Teodoro, Roberto ^c   Prata, Aluízio ^a   Silva Vergara, Mario León ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Leishmaniasis; Skin Tests

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33744903114     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2006000600023     Document Type: Article

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