Estudo da ocorrência de leishmaniose visceral no município de Crateús – CE

• Main Authors: Silva, Antonio Adailson de Sousa, Campelo Dantas, Marcelo, Ribeiro, Wesley Lyeverton Correia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: leishmania infantum chagasi; leishmaniose; Crateús-CE; Leishmaniasi; Crateús; Elevado; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=5203827

The municipality of Cratéus, located in the western state of Ceará, Brazil has a high number of cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). VL is caused by Leishmania infantum chagasi, which infects humans and other mammals. The life cycle of this parasite includes an invertebrate host, the sandfly (Dipte...