Spatial distribution of canine Leishmania infantum infection in a municipality with endemic human leishmaniasis in Eastern Bahia, Brazil

Abstract Efforts to control a zoonotic disease such as visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania infantum can be successful if they rely on comprehensive data on animal infection. In Bahia state, Brazil, human VL is endemic, yet some areas have no epidemiological data on canine L. infantum in...

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Main Authors: Bruno Milen Varjão, Flaviane Alves de Pinho, Manuela da Silva Solcà, Ricardo Silvestre, Mahyumi Fujimori, Hiro Goto, Natasha Milen Varjão, Roberta Costa Dias, Stella Maria Barrouin-Melo
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Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria 2021-05-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612021000200306&tlng=en