Risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis in a new epidemic site in Amhara region, Ethiopia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-39

  Bashaye, Seife ^a   Nombela, Nohelly ^b   Argaw, Daniel ^b   Mulugeta, Abate ^b   Herrero, Merce ^b   Nieto, Javier ^c   Chicharro, Carmen ^c   Cañavate, Carmen ^c   Aparicio, Pilar ^d   Vélez, Iván Darío ^e   Alvar, Jorge ^b   Bern, Caryn ^f  

^a FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SLEEP; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG DISEASE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACACIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67650318518     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.34     Document Type: Article

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