Epidemiological aspects of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) in Ceará in the period 2007 to 2011
INTRODUCTION: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL; kala-azar) is a serious zoonosis that can be lethal, especially in untreated patients. Due to the fact that the State of Ceará is still an important area of transmission of VL, and based on the constant reports of the urbanization process of the disease in...
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| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2014000400911&lng=en&tlng=en |