Epidemiologic surveillance of canine visceral leishmaniasis in the municipality of Recife, Pernambuco

This paper describes an epidemiologic investigation carried out in Imbiribeira district, where a canine visceral leishmaniasis case was recorded. Despite the absence of seropositive dogs and sand flies, these findings are not sufficient to discard the occurrence of a zoonotic cycle of visceral leish...

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Main Authors: Filipe Dantas-Torres, Maria Aparecida da Gloria Faustino, Osmar Cavalcanti da Costa Lima, Ridelane Veiga Acioli
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2005
Subjects:
Visceral leishmaniasis
Epidemiology
Pernambuco
Brazil
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e55e3271e8264883b8c836e1c770f134
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Summary:This paper describes an epidemiologic investigation carried out in Imbiribeira district, where a canine visceral leishmaniasis case was recorded. Despite the absence of seropositive dogs and sand flies, these findings are not sufficient to discard the occurrence of a zoonotic cycle of visceral leishmaniasis in Recife.

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