Patient's associations and the control of leishmaniasis in Peru

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Guthmann, J P ^a,b   Calmet, J ^c   Rosales, E ^c   Cruz, M ^c   Chang, J ^c   Dedet, J P ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c Reg el Contr Leishmaniasis Reg I   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; FOREST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERU; PREVALENCE; SELF CARE; ANIMAL; CASE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HEALTH; HUMAN RESOURCES; INCIDENCE; LABOR FORCE; LEISHMANIASIS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MIGRANT WORKERS; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PROGRAM ACTIVITIES; PROGRAMS; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; SELF HELP; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STUDIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; CASE STUDIES; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HEALTH; HUMAN RESOURCES; LABOR FORCE; LATIN AMERICA; LEISHMANIASIS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; MIGRANT WORKERS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARASITIC DISEASES; PERU; PROGRAM ACTIVITIES; PROGRAMS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; STUDIES;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; PERU; PREVALENCE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0030612351     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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