Visceral leishmaniasis: time to better use existing resources

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9698, 2009, Pages 1330-

  Reithinger, Richard ^a,b   Brooker, Simon ^a,c   Kolaczinski, Jan H ^a,d  

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

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^d MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALARIA; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AFRICA, EASTERN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MOSQUITO NETS;

EID: 70349857677     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61825-0     Document Type: Letter

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