Prevalence and factors associated with Leishmania infantum infection of dogs from an urban area of Brazil as identified by molecular methods.

• Main Authors: Wendel Coura-Vital (Author), Marcos José Marques (Author), Vanja Maria Veloso (Author), Bruno Mendes Roatt (Author), Rodrigo Dian de Oliveira Aguiar-Soares (Author), Levi Eduardo Soares Reis (Author), Samuel Leôncio Braga (Author), Maria Helena Franco Morais (Author), Alexandre Barbosa Reis (Author), Mariângela Carneiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Various factors contribute to the urbanization of the visceral leishmaniasis (VL), including the difficulties of implementing control measures relating to the domestic reservoir. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis in an urban endemic ar...