Relationship between coffee cultivation practices in Colombia and exposure to infection with Leishmania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1263-1268

  Alexander, Bruce ^a   Agudelo, Luz Adriana ^b   Navarro, Jose Fernando ^b   Ruiz, Jhon Fredy ^b   Molina, Jorge ^c   Aguilera, German ^c   Klein, Adriana ^d   Quiñones, Martha Lucia ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Coffee; Colombia; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Incidence; Leishmania; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; COFFEE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLANTATION; SEROCONVERSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; COFFEE; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 70350621354     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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