Control of visceral leishmaniasis in latin America - A systematic review

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Romero, Gustavo A S ^a   Boelaert, Marleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B CHOLESTEROL SULFATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CYHALOTHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; FENITROTHION; FUCOSE MANNOSE LIGAND ANTIGEN VACCINE; INSECTICIDE; LEISHMANIA VACCINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID LAMBDA CYHALOTHRIN; SITAMAQUINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; BED NET; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VECTOR CONTROL; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZOOLOGY; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; DOG DISEASE; INSECT CONTROL; PARASITOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; LATIN AMERICA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 76249122179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000584     Document Type: Review

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