Relative risk of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: a spatial analysis in urban area.

• Main Authors: Valdelaine Etelvina Miranda de Araújo (Author), Letícia Cavalari Pinheiro (Author), Maria Cristina de Mattos Almeida (Author), Fernanda Carvalho de Menezes (Author), Maria Helena Franco Morais (Author), Ilka Afonso Reis (Author), Renato Martins Assunção (Author), Mariângela Carneiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a vector-borne disease whose factors involved in transmission are poorly understood, especially in more urban and densely populated counties. In Brazil, the VL urbanization is a challenge for the control program. The goals were to identify the greater risk...