The current information overload, the scenario of scarce resources for ST&I and the legal and socioeconomic context of Brazil motivated the use of a methodological procedure of analysis and organization of information. Through this method it was possible to define priority themes that translate into issues that highlight the attention and interest of managers and scientists, as well as in strategic technolo...
Background: Certain municipalities in the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area (BHMA), Minas Gerais, Brazil, have the highest human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) mortality rates in the country and also demonstrate high canine seropositivity. In Brazil, the etiologic agent of VL is Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum. The aim of this study was to evaluate the intraspecific genetic variability of parasites from humans and...