Visceral leishmaniasis: Consequences of a neglected disease in a Bangladeshi community

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 624-628

  Ahluwalia, Indu B ^a   Bern, Caryn ^b   Costa, Cristiane ^b   Akter, Tangin ^c   Chowdhury, Rajib ^c   Ali, Mustakim ^c   Alam, Didarul ^c   Kenah, Eben ^c   Amann, Josef ^b   Islam, Meghla ^c   Wagatsuma, Yukiko ^c   Haque, Rashidul ^c   Breiman, Robert F ^c   Maguire, James H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c ICDDRB Division of Health Systems and Infectious Diseases   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE FATALITY RATE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FAMILY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; AGE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 10744232731     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.69.624     Document Type: Article

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