Characterization of a municipality as free of canine visceral leishmaniasis in the context of One Health
Abstract Dogs are the main urban reservoir of Leishmania infantum, the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), which is transmitted by sand flies. In the state of Paraná, the first detection of a positive dog for VL was in 2014, this year Paraná lost free status for this disease (VL). The ob...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612021000200408&tlng=en |