Clinical and epidemiological studies on the cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani in Sri Lanka

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-223

  Siriwardana, H V Y D ^a   Thalagala, N ^b   Karunaweera, N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Family Health Bureau   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RK39 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SRI LANKA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952859729     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12647085215615     Document Type: Article

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