Urban transmission of american cutaneous leishmaniasis in Argentina: Spatial analysis study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 433-440

  Gil, José F ^a   Nasser, Julio R ^a   Cajal, Silvana P ^a   Juarez, Marisa ^a   Acosta, Norma ^a   Cimino, Rubén O ^a   Diosque, Patricio ^a   Krolewiecki, Alejandro J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b FUNDACIÓN HUÉSPED   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLANTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949856247     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0113     Document Type: Article

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