The epidemiology of Leishmania donovani infection in high transmission foci in India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 12-20

  Singh, Shri P ^a   Picado, Albert ^b   Boelaert, Marleen ^c   Gidwani, Kamlesh ^a   Andersen, Elisabeth W ^b   Ostyn, Bart ^c   Meheus, Filip ^c   Rai, Madhukar ^a   Chappuis, François ^d   Davies, Clive ^b   Sundar, Shyam ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Direct agglutination test (DAT); Epidemiology; India; Infection; Kala azar; Leishmania donovani

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BLOOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LEISHMANIASIS; LIVESTOCK; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE INFESTATION; PROTOZOAN; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUFFALO; CHILD; COW; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GOAT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

BIHAR; INDIA; MUZAFFARPUR;

EID: 77953181547     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02519.x     Document Type: Article

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