Visceral leishmaniasis is a potentially fatal disease, primarily caused by Leishmania infantum in Brazil. Disease outcomes have been associated with patient genotype, nutrition, age, co-morbidities an
amedian (inter-quartile range) in number of T. infestans.bPearson χ2 test.cWilcoxon rank-sum test.Note: Thirteen individuals, all of whom were T. cruzi seronegative, were missing data regarding househ
DNA sequence of the gp63 fragment encoding the functional domain of leishmanolysin in natural isolates of Leishmania braziliensis from Corte de Pedra, Northeast Brazil: allele 19. The stretch of gp 63