Submitted by ROBERTO PAULO CORREIA DE ARAÚJO (ppgorgsistem@ufba.br) on 2017-06-19T16:23:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 6_v.12_2.pdf: 1553973 bytes, checksum: 5cc471010a0f5996bafb3108fc5d81fe (MD5); Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-19T16:23:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6_v.12_2.pdf: 1553973 bytes, checksum: 5cc471010a0f5996bafb3108fc5d81fe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-05; Introdução: A leishmaniose visceral (...
According to World Health Organization (WHO) data there are some 12 million people worldwide with leishmaniasis. In Brazil the etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is Leishmania chagasi, and is the main means of transmission from the parasite to human beings and other hosts mammals is through the biting of the female mosquito of the order diptera insects belonging to the Psychodidae family, whose ma...