Of cattle, sand flies and men: A systematic review of risk factor analyses for South Asian visceral leishmaniasis and implications for elimination

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Bern, Caryn ^a   Courtenay, Orin ^b   Alvar, Jorge ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIASIS; POVERTY; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTH ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CATTLE; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77649216839     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000599     Document Type: Article

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