Factors associated with Leishmania chagasi infection in domestic dogs from Teresina, State of Piauí, Brazil;Fatores associados à infecção por Leishmania chagasi em cães domiciliados de Teresina, Estado do Piauí, Brasil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 480-484

  da Silva, João Pereira ^a   Werneck, Guilherme Loureiro ^b   Macedo, Emanuelle Cardoso ^c   de Carvalho, Hanny ^d   Cruz, Maria do Socorro Pires ^c  

^a Centro de Operações de Emergências em Saúde Pública   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine visceral leishmaniasis; Case control study; Epidemiological surveillance; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 84865851746     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822012005000009     Document Type: Article

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