Epidemiologic aspects of American visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic focus in eastern Venezuela

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 945-950

  Zulueta, Ana M ^a   Villarroel, Elena ^b   Rodriguez, Noris ^a   Feliciangeli, M Dora ^c   Mazzarri, Milena ^d   Reyes, Oscar ^a   Rodriguez, Vestalia ^a   Centeno, Marta ^a   Barrios, Rosa M ^a   Ulrich, Marian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^d Minisisterio de Salud   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST; VENEZUELA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA; RATTUS RATTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0033380966     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.945     Document Type: Article

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