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Drought, Smallpox, and Emergence of Leishmania braziliensis in Northeastern Brazil

Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Vianna) braziliensis is a major health problem in the state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil. We propose that the disease emerged as a consequence of the displacement of persons from Ceará to the Amazon region following the Great Drought and smallpox epid...

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Autores principales: Sousa, Anastácio Q., Pearson, Richard
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2727349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19523291
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1506.071331