Epidemiology and clinical manifestations of Leishmania donovani infection in two villages in an endemic area in eastern Sudan

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-44

  El Hassan, A ^a   Zijlstra, E ^a   Khalil, E ^a   Kager, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eastern Sudan; Epidemiology; Hausa; Masaleet; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRADERMAL TESTS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SUDAN;

SUDAN;

BISCHOFIA JAVANICA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036165504     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00832.x     Document Type: Article

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