How effective is dog culling in controlling zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis? a critical evaluation of the science, politics and ethics behind this public health policy

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Author: Carlos Henrique Nery Costa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011
• Subjects: Calazar; Leishmaniose visceral; Controle; Cães; China; Brasil; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Azar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/s0037-86822011005000014; https://doaj.org/article/c013dae8b9c747648104ad1fe5f0c1fa

INTRODUCTION: Zoonotic kala-azar, a lethal disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania is considered out of control in parts of the world, particularly in Brazil, where transmission has spread to cities throughout most of the territory and mortality presents an increasing trend. Although a hi...