Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: revisiting paradigms of epidemiology and control Leishmaniose visceral no Brasil: revisitando os paradigmas da epidemiologia e controle
In the last 20 years, despite the known underestimation of cases, Brazil registered a marked increase in the incidence of visceral leishmaniasis. The main goal of this review is to reflect on some aspects of this zoonosis in Brazil and also to encourage the discussion in order to find more viable, e...
Main Authors: | Filipe Dantas-Torres, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2006-06-01
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Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652006000300007 |
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