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Reservoirs of Visceral Leishmaniasis

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Leishmaniasis

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Reservoir is the animal which is the source of infection to man in an endemic area (Deane, 1956).

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Abranches, P. (1989). Reservoirs of Visceral Leishmaniasis. In: Hart, D.T. (eds) Leishmaniasis. NATO ASI Series, vol 171. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1575-9_7

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