Rodent control operations against zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Iran

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 309-312

  Yaghoobi Ershadi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Zahraei Ramazani, Ali Reza ^b   Akhavan, Amir Ahmad ^a   Jalali Zand, Ali Reza ^b   Abdoli, Hamid ^b   Nadim, Aboulhassan ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Institute of Public Health Research   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC PHOSPHIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; RODENT CONTROL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 24744438929     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2005.309     Document Type: Article

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