Spatial clustering and epidemiological aspects of visceral leishmaniasis in two endemic villages, Baringo District, Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 308-317

  Ryan, Jeffrey R ^a   Mbui, Jane ^b   Rashid, Juma R ^b   Wasunna, Monique K ^b   Kirigi, George ^b   Magiri, Charles ^b   Kinoti, Dedan ^b   Ngumbi, Phillip M ^b   Martin, Samuel K ^c   Odera, Shadrak O ^c   Hochberg, Lisa P ^a   Bautista, Christian T ^d   Chan, Adeline S T ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c U S ARMY   (United States)

^d WRAIR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOUSING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOUSING; HUMANS; KENYA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 33645829598     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.308     Document Type: Article

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