Drought, smallpox, and emergence of Leishmania braziliensis in northeastern Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 916-921

  Sousa, Anastácio Q ^a,b,c   Pearson, Richard ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Departamento de Medicina Clínica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; SMALLPOX VACCINE;

BRAZIL; DROUGHT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REVIEW; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SMALLPOX;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DROUGHTS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; SMALLPOX;

EID: 67449107952     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1506.071331     Document Type: Review

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