Epidemiology of human visceral leishmaniasis in the urban centers of the lower-middle São Francisco Valley, Brazilian semiarid region

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a zoonosis caused by parasites of the Leishmania genus. VL is present in countries with tropical climates, being endemic in Brazil,, including the region of the lower-middle São Francisco Valley which includes the urban centers of Petrolina (Pern...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Lucyo Flávio Bezerra Diniz, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects:
Kala-azar
Epidemiology
Visceral leishmaniasis
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Azar
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0074-2018
https://doaj.org/article/ced8e2df31bc4ebf83bb027dc8bbae77

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