Urbanization of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 330-333

  Albuquerque, Polianna Lemos Moura Moreira ^a,b   Da Silva Júnior, Geraldo Bezerra ^a,b   Freire, Caio César Furtado ^a   De Castro Oliveira, Stephanie Bachi ^b   Almeida, Daniel Medeiros ^b   Da Silva, Herivaldo Ferreira ^c   Do Socorro Cavalcante, Maria ^a   De Queiroz Sousa, Anastácio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GERAL DE FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Epidemiology; Kala azar; Leishmaniasis, visceral; Urban zones

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; LEISHMANIASIS; URBANIZATION;

BRAZIL;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 73449126201     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892009001000007     Document Type: Article

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