Leishmaniasis and poverty

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 552-557

  Alvar, Jorge ^a   Yactayo, Sergio ^a   Bern, Caryn ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FLY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 33750845322     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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