Risk factors associated with asymptomatic infection by Leishmania chagasi in north-east Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-28

  Caldas, A J M ^a   Costa, J M L ^a   Silva, A A M ^a   Vinhas, V ^b   Barral, A ^b,c  

^a Federal University of Maranhaão   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infection; Brazil; Children; Incidence; Leishmania chagasi; Prevalence; Risk factors; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BATH; BRAZIL; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHODIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; TIME; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GALLUS GALLUS; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA; PSYCHODIDAE; VILA;

EID: 0036329875     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90227-0     Document Type: Article

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