Animal reservoirs for visceral leishmaniasis in densely populated urban areas
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Animal reservoirs for visceral leishmaniasis in densely populated urban areas.
Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease of major public health and veterinary importance, affecting 88 countries with up to 2 million cases per year. This review emphasizes the animal reservoirs and spreading of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in urban areas, particularly in two Brazilian metropolitan areas, namely São Luis and Belo Horizonte, where the disease has become endemic in the past few years....
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1972-2680,2036-6590
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.318