A case-control study of microenvironmental risk factors for urban visceral leishmaniasis in a large city in Brazil, 1999-2000 Estudio de casos y controles sobre factores microambientales de riesgo de leishmaniasis visceral urbana en una gran urbe de Brasil, 1999-2000

A case-control study of microenvironmental risk factors for urban visceral leishmaniasis in a large city in Brazil, 1999-2000 Estudio de casos y controles sobre factores microambientales de riesgo de leishmaniasis visceral urbana en una gran urbe de Brasil, 1999-2000

OBJECTIVES: We investigated potential microenvironmental risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis in urban and suburban areas, and developed risk scores to characterize the household and the neighborhood. These scores may be useful to identify microenvironments within cities that place residents at g...

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Main Authors: Claudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Ana Diez-Roux, Cibele Comini César, Fernando Augusto Proietti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2006-12-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Subjects:
Estudios de casos y controles
leishmaniasis visceral
factores de riesgo
urbanización
Brasil
Case-control studies
leishmaniasis
risk factors
urbanization
Brazil
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892006001100002

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