Epidemiology of Visceral Leishmaniasis in a Reemerging Focus of Intense Transmission in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Epidemiology of Visceral Leishmaniasis in a Reemerging Focus of Intense Transmission in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

This study was developed in the urban area of Governador Valadares, a reemerging focus of intense transmission of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil, presenting 86 human cases of VL from 2008 to 2011. The disease prevailed in males (73.2%) with most patients between 0 and 9 years (44.1%) and a le...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Andrade Barata, Jennifer Cunha Peixoto, Aline Tanure, Marcela Esteves Gomes, Estefânia Conceição Apolinário, Emerson Cotta Bodevan, Holbiano Saraiva de Araújo, Edelberto Santos Dias, Aimara da Costa Pinheiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/405083

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