Leishmaniasis Risk Factors
Researchers from University Federal of Minas Gerais discuss findings in leishmaniasis risk factors
Published in Hospital Business Week, April 1st, 2007
A new study, "A case-control study of microenvironmental risk factors for urban visceral leishmaniasis in a large city in Brazil, 1999-2000," is now available. "We investigated potential microenvironmental risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis in urban and suburban areas, and developed risk scores to characterize the household and the neighborhood. These scores may be useful to identify microenvironments within cities that place residents at greater risk of visceral leishmaniasis," scientists in Belo Horizonte, Brazil report.
"In this case-control study, cases were all persons with visceral leishmaniasis reported from July 1999 through December 2000 in the Belo...
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