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Geographic spread and urbanization of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil. Introduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5226511 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guilherme Loureiro Werneck (0000-0003-1169-1436, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 2937-2940 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0102-311x2008001200023 |
| PMID | 19082285 |
| OpenAlex | W2124767295 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0102-311X2008001200023 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 13 |
The geographic spread and urbanization of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil has been described since the early 1980s. However, the putative factors associated with this process, its full characterization, and the implications for disease control still challenge researchers and Public Health professionals. Although the available data show that the disease occurs mainly in urban areas, current knowledge is insufficient to claim specificity in urban transmission as compared to rural niches. Transmission scenarios in urban settings appear to be highly heterogeneous, each showing some degree of similarity to the rural epidemiological pattern. The understanding of a relatively recent and complex problem like the introduction, spread, and maintenance of visceral leishmaniasis in urban areas requires new analytical approaches that consider the network of relevant variables and more elaborate methods capable of capturing the dynamics of the environmental and demographic transformations taking place in transmission areas
Biology · Economic geography · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Geography · Identification (biology) · Leishmaniasis · Pathology · Public health · Regional science · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Telecommunications · Transmission (telecommunications) · Urbanization · Visceral leishmaniasis · Computer Science · Ecology · Immunology · Leptospirosis research and findings · Medicine · Parasites and Host Interactions · Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
The transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in the municipality of Guarujá, on the Coast of São Paulo state, Brazil
Successes and failures in the control of infectious diseases in Brazil
Spatial distribution of Leishmania seropositive dogs in the Angelim neighborhood, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
Percepções da população e de profissionais de saúde sobre a leishmaniose visceral
Uso e cobertura do solo e prevalência de leishmaniose visceral canina em Teresina, Piauí, Brasil
Fatores ambientais associados à ocorrência de leishmaniose visceral canina em uma área de recente introdução da doença no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Urbanization, Urbanicity, and Health
Forum
Epidemia de leishmaniose visceral no Estado do Piauí, Brasil, 1980-1986
Characterization and speculations on the urbanization of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil
Visceral leishmaniasis in large Brazilian cities
Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) and urbanization of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil
Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2022 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |