Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: Revisiting paradigms of epidemiology and control

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-156

  Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,b   Brandão Filho, Sinval Pinto ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b CNPq ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Control; Epidemiology; Paradigms; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; VACCINE;

BRAZIL; DISEASE CONTROL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; INCIDENCE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL;

EID: 33745975492     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652006000300007     Document Type: Review

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