A leishmanin skin test survey in the human population of l'Alacantí Region (Spain): Implications for the epidemiology of Leishmania infantum infection in southern Europe

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-132

  Moral, L ^b   Rubio, E M ^a   Moya, M ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniasis; Skin test responses; Spain; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PARENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SKIN TEST; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; STUDENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036328710     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90278-6     Document Type: Article

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