Geographic and epidemiologic analysis of the cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak in Northern Israel, 2000-2003

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 652-656

  Vinitsky, Olga ^a   Ore, Liora ^a,c   Habiballa, Hamza ^b   Cohen Dar, Michal ^a,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b Israel Ministry of the Environmental Protection   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Epidemiology; Hyrax; Israel; Outbreak; Sand flies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYRAX; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SAND FLY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HERPESTIDAE; HUMANS; HYRAXES; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; RODENTIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650060329     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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