Socioenvironmental aspects of the Purus Region - Brazilian Amazon: Why relate them to the occurrence of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis?

This study aims to analyze factors related to the occurrence of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in the Purus Region, based on the reporting of cases between 2001 and 2013, correlating them with livelihoods and subsistence farming in the region, and analyzing them in regards to sex, age, clinical...

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Main Authors: Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra, Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra, Zanair Soares Vasconcelos, Nayra da Silva Freitas, Fernanda Rodrigues Fonseca, Rubens Celso Andrade da Silva Júnior, Arineia Soares da Silva, Vanderson Sampaio, Marcel Gonçalves Maciel, Melissa de Sousa Melo Cavalcante, Bernardino Cláudio de Albuquerque, Gilton Mendes Dos Santos, Luiza Garnelo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211785