Epidemiology of paediatric visceral leishmaniasis in Hebron district, Palestine

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 731-736

  Amro, Ahmad ^a,b   Azmi, Kifaya ^b   Schönian, Gabriele ^a   Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed ^b   Alsharabati, Mohamed Barakat ^c   Sawalha, Samer ^b   Hamarsheh, Omar ^b   Ereqat, Suhair ^b   Abdeen, Ziad ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c Al Ahli Hospital   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Leishmania infantum; Palestine; Phlebotomus; Polymerase chain reaction; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; ISOENZYME; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALESTINE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS SYRIACUS;

EID: 67349244359     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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