Factors associated to Montenegro skin test positivity in Teresina, Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 104, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 99-107

  Gouvêa, Marcus Vinicius ^a   Werneck, Guilherme L ^a   Costa, Carlos Henrique N ^b   de Amorim Carvalho, Fernando Aécio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Associated factors; Immunity; Infection; Urbanization; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

CANID; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LEISHMANIASIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BRAZIL; PIAUI; SOUTH AMERICA; TERESINA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 35348897822     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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