Spatio-temporal distribution of human American visceral leishmaniasis in the Western region of Sao Paulo State, from 2004 to 2018

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Eduardo Alexandre Rancan, Eduardo Federighi Baisi Chagas, Márcia Aparecida Sperança, Valeria Camargo de Lacerda Carvalho, Luciamáre Perinetti Alves Martins, Rodrigo Buzinaro Suzuki
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2020
• Subjects: Visceral leishmaniasis; Kernel density; Incidence; Risk factors; Epidemiology; Georeferencing; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Barros
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202062080; https://doaj.org/article/11e4229f112547a9b665ab88645c61c2

ABSTRACT Leishmaniasis comprises a group of zoonotic diseases caused by protozoa belonging to the Leishmania genus, noting that the visceral form is the most severe and lethal, if untreated. Nowadays visceral leishmaniasis is widespread in Brazil and the Adamantina microregion, located in the west o...