An outbreak of the desert sub-type of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in Jiashi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-337

  Wang, Jun Yun ^a   Gao, Chun Hua ^a   Yang, Yue Tao ^a   Chen, Hai Tang ^a   Zhu, Xue Hua ^a   Lv, Shan ^a   Chen, Sheng Bang ^b   Tong, Su Xiang ^c   Steinmann, Peter ^a,d,e   Ziegelbauer, Kathrin ^d,e   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b GANSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region   (China)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

China; Leishmania donovani; Leishmania infantum; Outbreak; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD; CHINA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 77955310718     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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