Domestic transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis and the association between human and canine leishmaniasis, during an epidemic in Serra de Baturité, State of Ceará, Brazil;Transmissão domiciliar de leishmaniose tegumentar e associação entre leishmaniose humana e canina, durante uma epidemia na Serra de Baturité, no estado do Ceará, Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 425-435

  Cunha, Jane Cris De Lima ^a,c   Lima, José Wellington De Oliveira ^a   Pompeu, Margarida Maria De Lima ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Domestic transmission; Leishmania (viannia) braziliensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047199185     PISSN: 1415790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-790X2006000400003     Document Type: Article

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