Impact of socio-economic conditions on the incidence of visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 415-430

  Sheets, Darren ^a   Mubayi, Anuj ^a   Kojouharov, Hristo V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Kala azar; leishmaniasis; regression model; socio economic conditions; vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIASIS; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CARRIER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; READING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PREVALENCE; RAIN; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BIHAR; INDIA;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 78650477667     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2010.491853     Document Type: Review

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