| the burden of the leishmania chagasi/infantum infection in a closed rural focus of visceral leishmaniasis in lara state, west-central venezuela. | a prospective study was conducted in el brazilar, curarigua, lara state, venezuela, a small rural focus of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) to investigate the burden and the evolution of leishmania infection in the human and canine population. the incidence of the disease from february 1998 to february 2002 was recorded and two cross-sectional surveys using the leishmanin skin test (lst) and immunofluorescent antibody test (ifat) were carried out. the dipstick test with recombinant r-k39 antigen was ... | 2005 | 15860091 |