Changing epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in northeastern Brazil: a 25-year follow-up of an urban outbreak
Author(s) -
Ádila Lorena Morais Lima,
Iraci Duarte de Lima,
José F. V. Coutinho,
Úrsula P S T de Sousa,
Marcos A G Rodrigues,
Mary E. Wilson,
Richard D. Pearson,
José W. Queiroz,
Selma M. B. Jerônimo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1878-3503
pISSN - 0035-9203
DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/trx080
Subject(s) - outbreak , epidemiology , visceral leishmaniasis , leishmaniasis , geography , environmental health , protozoal disease , medicine , virology , malaria , immunology , pathology
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) continues to be a deadly parasitic disease in Brazil but the epidemiology has changed. The objective of this study was to assess the evolution of urban VL in the city of Natal, Brazil, over the past 25 y.
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