Eco-epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in the urban area of Paracatu, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 176, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 101-111

  Dias, Edelberto Santos ^a   Regina Silva, Shara ^a   França Silva, João Carlos ^b   Paz, Gustavo Fontes ^a   Michalsky, Érika Monteiro ^a   Araújo, Simone Costa ^a   Valadão, Josiane Lopes ^a   de Oliveira Lara Silva, Fabiana ^a   de Oliveira, Fernanda Santos ^a   Pacheco, Raquel Silva ^a   Fortes Dias, Consuelo Latorre ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American visceral leishmaniasis; Canine visceral leishmaniasis; Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Paracatu

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PSYCHODIDAE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; URBAN AREA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CITIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 79952039403     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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