Characterisation of an area of coexistent visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis transmission in the State of Piauí, Brazil.

Silvia Alcântara VasconcelosRaimundo Leoberto Torres de SousaEnéas Costa JuniorJoão Paulo Diniz E SouzaDiane CavalcanteAntônio Carlos Lima da SilvaIvete Lopes de MendonçaJacenir MalletClarissa Romero TeixeiraGuilherme Loureiro WerneckThais Araújo-PereiraDaniela Pita-PereiraConstança BrittoMaurício Luiz VilelaRegis Gomes

Published in: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2024)

Our results indicate the presence of risk areas for ACL and AVL in the municipality of Altos and highlight the importance of entomological surveillance to further understand a possible role of Lu. longipalpis in ACL transmission.

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public health
insulin resistance
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome