A new focus of visceral leishmaniasis in the Himalayas, India

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-306

  Raina, Sujeet ^a   Mahesha, D M ^a   Kaul, Rashmi ^a   Satindera, Kaushal S ^a   Gupta, Dilip ^a   Sharma, Ashok ^a   Thakura, Surinder ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Himalayas; India; Visceral leishmanisis

Indexed keywords

STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARASITE VECTOR; RURAL AREA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 73449088345     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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