The increase in risk factors for leishmaniasis worldwide

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-243

  Desjeux, P ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Leishmania; Leishmaniasis; Review; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; MIGRATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STATISTICS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0035348374     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90223-8     Document Type: Review

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