A prospective sero-epidemiological study of visceral leishmaniasis in baringo district, rift valley province, Kenya

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 471-475

  Schaefer, K U ^a,b,c   Kurtzhals, J A L ^a   Gachihi, G S ^a,c   Muller, A S ^a,b   Kager, P A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Direct agglutination test; Incidence; Kenya; Leishmania donovani; Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEROCONVERSION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KENYA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028789097     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(95)90070-5     Document Type: Article

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