An Emerging Peri-Urban Pattern of Infection with Leishmania chagasi, the Protozoan Causing Visceral Leishmaniasis in Northeast Brazil - Jeronimo, Selma M. B.; Duggal, Priya; Braz, Regina F. S.; Cheng, Chun; Monteiro, Gloria R.G; Nascimento, Eliana T.; Martins, Daniella R. A.; Karplus, Theresa M.; Ximenes, Maria F. F. M.; Oliveira, Carlos C. G.; Pinheiro, Vanessa G.; Pereira, Wogelsanger; et al. (Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 2004)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Animals; Antibodies, Protozoan - blood; Biological and medical sciences; Brazil - epidemiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - parasitology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - physiopathology; Female; Human protozoal diseases; Humans; Hypersensitivity, Delayed; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infectious diseases; Leishmania - immunology; Leishmania chagasi; Leishmaniasis, Visceral - epidemiology; Leishmaniasis, Visceral - parasitology; Leishmaniasis, Visceral - physiopathology; Leshmaniasis; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Parasitic diseases; Protozoal diseases; Sex Distribution; Urban Population; South America; Brazil; America; Infection; Kinetoplastida; Protozoa; Protozoal disease; Leishmania chagasi; Urban environment; Microbiology; Kala azar; Leishmaniasis; Parasitosis