Editorial: The burden of visceral leishmaniasis in South Asia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 1-3

  Meheus, F ^a   Boelaert, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BED NET; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ASIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN;

ASIA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL;

EID: 77953185464     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02564.x     Document Type: Editorial

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