… AVL is caused by the parasite Leishmania chagasi and is transmitted by the bite of a …
of a Leishmania-specific antibody test and skin test for the detection of leishmanial infection (…

… Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in large cities in Brazil… infection with Leishmania
infantum chagasi and associated … detected by Leishmania skin test (LST) and anti-leishmanial …

… chagasi infection in a cohort of persons followed prospectively over a decade. … chagasi
is endemic in rural areas of the state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil, where it produces …

… Human visceral leishmaniasis is endemic in the northeast of Brazil, where the … of Leishmania
chagasi. In this study, we evaluated the clinical signs of canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL)…

… leishmaniasis (VL) in the city of Natal in northeast Brazil provided the opportunity to assess
factors associated with the new urban pattern of transmission of Leishmania chagasi… Brazil in …

… between infection with Leishmania chagasi and development … state of Ceara in northeast
Brazil. Antileishmanial antibodies … leishmaniasis (VL), most commonly caused by Leishmania …

… of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Northeast Brazil, including … infantum in Brazil. VL was
more frequently found in areas with … Leishmania infantum chagasi in northeastern Brazil: …

… of Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi infection in dogs in the City of Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil,
using … In 2003, the State of Tocantins, Northern Brazil, recorded the highest prevalence of …

… PCR amplification of DNA isolated from promastigote culture indicated that the species
was Leishmania chagasi. This finding suggests that delayed diagnosis and euthanasia of …

… Our results conform to a study carried out on asymptomatic children in Northeast Brazil,
where different outcome measures were used to identify AVL infection 7 . In this study the …