Missawa Nanci Akemi, Borba João Francisco
Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2009 Sep-Oct;42(5):496-502. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822009000500005.
This study aimed to describe the epidemiology and spread of visceral leishmaniasis in the municipality of Várzea Grande, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, between 1998 and 2007. Forty-eight human cases were reported, with an incidence rate of up to 11.7 per 100,000 inhabitants, particularly among children and adolescents of both sexes, with marked geographical spread of the disease in the municipality.
