Risk factors for Indian kala-azar

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-78

  Ranjan, Alok ^a   Sur, Dipika ^b   Singh, Vijay P ^a   Siddique, Niyamat A ^a   Manna, Byomkesh ^b   Lal, Chandra S ^a   Sinha, Prabhat K ^a   Kishore, Kamal ^a   Bhattacharya, Sujit K ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RISK FACTOR; VEGETATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 24644449661     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.74     Document Type: Article

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