Urbanization of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil Urbanización de la leishmaniasis visceral (kala-azar) en Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil

Urbanization of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil Urbanización de la leishmaniasis visceral (kala-azar) en Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil

OBJECTIVES: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in Brazil and appears to occur in epidemic form in the state of Ceará. Few epidemiologic studies have been done on VL in this state. The aim of this study is to establish the epidemiologic pattern of VL in Fortaleza City and to show how urbanization...

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Main Authors: Polianna Lemos Moura Moreira Albuquerque, Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Júnior, Caio César Furtado Freire, Stephanie Bachi de Castro Oliveira, Daniel Medeiros Almeida, Herivaldo Ferreira da Silva, Maria do Socorro Cavalcante, Anastácio de Queiroz Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2009-10-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Subjects:
Leishmaniasis visceral
epidemiología
zonas urbanas
Brasil
Leishmaniasis, visceral
kala-azar
epidemiology
urban zones
Brazil
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