Leishmania infantum chagasi in Northeastern Brazil: Asymptomatic infection at the urban perimeter

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-107

  Lima, Iraci D ^a   Queiroz, Jose W ^b   Lacerda, Henio G ^b   Queiroz, Paula V S ^b   Pontes, Nubia N ^b   Barbosa, James D A ^b   Martins, Daniella R ^a   Weirather, Jason L ^c   Pearson, Richard D ^d   Wilson, Mary E ^e   Jeronimo, Selma M B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b Federal do Rio Grande do Norte   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DOG; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TESTS; URBAN POPULATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 84863396241     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.10-0492     Document Type: Article

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