Natural history of a visceral leishmaniasis outbreak in highland Ethiopia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 373-377

  Herrero, Mercè ^a   Orfanos, Giannos ^h   Argaw, Daniel ^a   Mulugeta, Abate ^a   Aparicio, Pilar ^c   Parreño, Fernando ^b   Bernal, Oscar ^b   Rubens, Daniel ^d   Pedraza, Jaime ^b   Lima, Maria Angeles ^b   Flevaud, Laurence ^b   Palma, Pedro Pablo ^b   Bashaye, Seife ^e   Alvar, Jorge ^a   Bern, Caryn ^f,g  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

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

^d Médedins Sans Frontières Argentina   (Argentina)

^e FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

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

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

^h Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; EDEMA; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; VOMITING;

EID: 69249184610     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.373     Document Type: Article

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