Characterisation of an area of coexistent visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis transmission in the State of Piauí, Brazil
Silvia Alcântara Vasconcelos,
Raimundo Leoberto Torres de Sousa,
Enéas Costa Junior
et al.
Abstract:BACKGROUND
In Brazil, transmission of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis has expanded geographically over the last decades, with both clinical forms occurring simultaneously in the same area.
OBJECTIVES
This study characterised the clinical, spatial, and temporal distribution, and performed entomological surveillance and natural infection analysis of a leishmaniasis-endemic area.
METHODS
In order to characterise the risk of leishmaniasis tr… Show more
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