Asymptomatic infection in family contacts of patients with human visceral leishmaniasis in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil Infecção assintomática em contactantes de pacientes com leishmaniose visceral humana em Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

• Main Authors: Ana Lúcia Lyrio de Oliveira (Author), Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago (Author), Marcos Antônio Sanches (Author), Maria Elizabeth Cavalheiros Dorval (Author), Elisa Teruya Oshiro (Author), Cássia Rejane Brito Leal (Author), Fernando Henrique de Paula (Author), Luís Gustavo Pereira (Author), Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha (Author), Márcio Neves Bóia (Author)
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• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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The Brazilian city of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul State, has experienced an urban outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis since 2000. In 2002, due to the increase in the number of cases, 46 families with cases of visceral leishmaniasis were studied to verify the prevalence of asymptomatic infection...