Environmental and animal characteristics as factors associated with American cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural locations with presence of dogs, Brazil.

Environmental and animal characteristics as factors associated with American cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural locations with presence of dogs, Brazil.

The aim of the study was to investigate the importance of dogs, other domesticated animals and environmental characteristics as risk factors in the epidemiology of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL). A retrospective survey of cases of human ACL in the last ten years and visits to homes in rural...

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Main Authors: Norberto Assis Membrive, Gesse Rodrigues, Kezia Peres Gualda, Marcos Vinícius Zandonadi Bernal, Diego Molina Oliveira, Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni, Ueslei Teodoro, Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3489835?pdf=render

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