title: [Space expansion of the American visceral leishmaniasis in São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil].
abstract: The space occupation and the expansion of American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) were described in the municipality of São Luis, Maranhão, Northeast Brazil. AVL medical notes from the Fundação Nacional de Saúde as well as official documents about the space occupation were analyzed from September 1982 to December 1996. AVL cases were more likely to occur in recently settled suburbs and tended to follow the same spatial pattern observed for land occupations secondary to migratory fluxes.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia, Núcleo de Patologia Tropical e Medicina Social, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luis, MA, Brazil. w.mendes@elo.com.br
authors.forename: Wellington da Silva
authors.initials: Wda S
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.forename: Antonio Augusto Moura da
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: José de Ribamar
authors.initials: Jde R
authors.lastname: Trovao
authors.forename: Antônio Rafael da
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Jackson Maurício Lopes
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Expansão espacial da leishmaniose visceral americana em São Luis, Maranhão, Brasil.