Animal reservoirs of leishmaniasis in Marigat, Baringo District, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 44-47

  Githure, J I ^a   Ngumbi, P M ^a   Anjili, C O ^a   Lugalia, R ^a   Mwanyumba, P M ^a   Kinoti, G K ^b   Koech, D K ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION; RODENT; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RODENTIA; SUBURBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0029689360     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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