Visceral leishmaniasis in Aba-Roba, south-western Ethiopia: Prevalence and incidence of active and subclinical infections

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 659-670

  Hailu, A ^a,b,c   Gramiccia, M ^d   Kager, P A ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949475226     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349809X12554106963555     Document Type: Article

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