Evidence for active transmission of visceral leishmaniasis within a village in eastern Sudan

Acta Tropica

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 305-309

  Elnaiem, Dia Eldin A ^a   Osman, Omran F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leishmania donovani; PCR; Sandflies; Sudan; Transmission; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 0031734241     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00067-9     Document Type: Article

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