Role of the Domestic Chicken (Gallus gallus)in the Epidemiology of Urban Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil

Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) is a serious public health problem in several Brazilian cities. Although the proximity of chicken houses is often cited as a risk factor in studies of urban ZVL, the role chickens play in the epidemiology of the disease has not been defined. Chickens attract bot...

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Autores principales: Alexander, Bruce, Lopes de Carvalho, Renata, McCallum, Hamish, Pereira, Marcos Horácio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12498667
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0812.010485

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12498667
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0812.010485

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