Sero-epidemiological study of visceral leishmaniasis in Basrah, southern Iraq

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 464-469

  Gani, Zainab Hameed ^a   Kadhum Hassan, Meaad ^a   Jassim, Abdul Mohsin Hameed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAQ; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77952928083     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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