Mortality and case fatality due to visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: A nationwide analysis of epidemiology, trends and spatial patterns

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Martins Melo, Francisco Rogerlândio ^a   Lima, Mauricélia Da Silveira ^a   Ramos Jr , Alberto Novaes ^a   Alencar, Carlos Henrique ^a   Heukelbach, Jorg ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899443005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093770     Document Type: Article

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