Revisiting area risk classification of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil

Revisiting area risk classification of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil

Abstract Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a neglected tropical disease of public health relevance in Brazil. To prioritize disease control measures, the Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde of Brazil’s Ministry of Health (SVS/MH) uses retrospective human case counts from VL surveillance data t...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Machado, Julio Alvarez, Haakon Christopher Bakka, Andres Perez, Lucas Edel Donato, Francisco Edilson de Ferreira Lima Júnior, Renato Vieira Alves, Victor Javier Del Rio Vilas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Visceral leishmaniasis
Brazil
Disease mapping
Bayesian
Risk classification
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3564-0

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