Epidemiologic surveillance of canine visceral leishmaniasis in the municipality of Recife, Pernambuco

This paper describes an epidemiologic investigation carried out in Imbiribeira district, where a canine visceral leishmaniasis case was recorded. Despite the absence of seropositive dogs and sand flies, these findings are not sufficient to discard the occurrence of a zoonotic cycle of visceral leish...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Filipe Dantas-Torres, Maria Aparecida da Gloria Faustino, Osmar Cavalcanti da Costa Lima, Ridelane Veiga Acioli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2005-10-01
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822005000500017&tlng=en