Changing demographics of visceral leishmaniasis in northeast Brazil: Lessons for the future.

• Main Authors: Iraci Duarte Lima (Author), Adila L M Lima (Author), Carolina de Oliveira Mendes-Aguiar (Author), José F V Coutinho (Author), Mary E Wilson (Author), Richard D Pearson (Author), José Wilton Queiroz (Author), Selma M B Jeronimo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania infantum became a disease of urban areas in Brazil in the last 30 years and there has been an increase in asymptomatic L. infantum infection with these areas.A retrospective study of human VL was performed in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil,...