Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) outbreak in somali refugees and Kenyan shepherds, Kenya [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 603-604

  Boussery, Günter ^a   Boelaert, Marleen ^b   Van Peteghem, Joke ^a   Ejikon, Philip ^c   Henckaerts, Koen ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; LETTER; REFUGEE; SOMALIA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0034896561     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0707.017746     Document Type: Letter

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