Characterization and speculations on the urbanization of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil Caracterização e especulações acerca da urbanização da leishmaniose visceral no Brasil

The available hypotheses or explanations for the urbanization of American visceral leishmaniasis are insufficient. An alternative hypothesis is that changes in the ecology and biology of the vector, Lutzomyia longipalpis, might explain all the new urban epidemiological features of the disease. To ta...

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Main Author: Carlos Henrique Nery Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2008-12-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2008001200027