Kala-azar epidemiology and control, southern Sudan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 664-666

  Kolaczinski, Jan H ^a,b   Hope, Andrew ^c   Ruiz, Jose Antonio ^d   Rumunu, John ^e   Richer, Michaleen ^d   Seaman, Jill ^f  

^a MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

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

^c Malaria Consortium   (Sudan)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^f International Medical Relief Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; PAROMOMYCIN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROSCOPY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 42049102624     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1404.071099     Document Type: Article

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