Impact of the dog population and household environment for the maintenance of natural foci of Leishmania infantum transmission to human and animal hosts in endemic areas for visceral leishmaniasis in Sao Paulo state, Brazil.

Impact of the dog population and household environment for the maintenance of natural foci of Leishmania infantum transmission to human and animal hosts in endemic areas for visceral leishmaniasis in Sao Paulo state, Brazil.

When it comes to visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil, one of the main targets of public health policies of surveillance is the control of domestic canine reservoirs of Leishmania infantum. This paper aims to evaluate the effect of the dog population and household environment for the maintenance of...

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Main Authors: Patricia Sayuri Silvestre Matsumoto, Roberto Mitsuyoshi Hiramoto, Virgínia Bodelão Richini Pereira, Valéria Medina Camprigher, Helena Hilomi Taniguchi, José Eduardo de Raeffray Barbosa, Luiz Ricardo Paes de Barros Cortez, Elivelton da Silva Fonseca, Raul Borges Guimarães, José Eduardo Tolezano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256534

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