The Program for the Control of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil: The Effect of the Systematic Euthanasia of Seropositive Dogs as a Single Control Action in Porteirinha, a Brazilian City with an Intense Transmission of Visceral Leishmaniasis.
João Carlos França-SilvaRodolfo Cordeiro GiunchettiReysla Maria da Silveira MarianoGeorge Luiz Lins Machado-CoelhoLuciana de Almeida Silva TeixeiraRicardo Andrade BarataÉrika Monteiro MichalskyMarília Fonseca RochaConsuelo Latorre Fortes-DiasEdelberto Santos DiasPublished in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
The systematic euthanasia of seropositive dogs was shown to be an effective control action of the Program for Control of Visceral Leishmaniasis (PCLV) in Brazil. The fundamental role of domestic dogs in the epidemiological chain of VL was reaffirmed.
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