Risk factors of visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa: A case-control study in Pokot territory of Kenya and Uganda

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 344-352

  Kolaczinski, Jan H ^a,b   Reithinger, Richard ^b,c   Worku, Dagemlidet T ^d   Ocheng, Andrew ^a   Kasimiro, John ^a   Kabatereine, Narcis ^e   Brooker, Simon ^b  

^a MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Clinical Trials Area   (United States)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Case control study; Kenya; Prevention; Risk factors; Uganda; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; INSECTICIDE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PARACETAMOL; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BED NET; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TROPICAL DISEASE; UGANDA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CHILD; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHLEBOTOMUS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; KENYA; SOMALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PHLEBOTOMUS MARTINI;

EID: 41849109192     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym275     Document Type: Article

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