Vulnerability to the transmission of human visceral leishmaniasis in a Brazilian urban area

• Main Authors: Celina Roma Sánchez de Toledo (Author), Andréa Sobral de Almeida (Author), Sergio Augusto de Miranda Chaves (Author), Paulo Chagastelles Sabroza (Author), Luciano Medeiros Toledo (Author), Jefferson Pereira Caldas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the determinants for the occurrence of human visceral leishmaniasis linked to the conditions of vulnerability. METHODS This is an ecological study, whose spatial analysis unit was the Territorial Analysis Unit in Araguaína, State of Tocantins, Brazil, from 2007 to 2012...