Visceral Leishmaniasis in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, India from 1990 to 2008

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Malaviya, Paritosh ^a   Picado, Albert ^b   Singh, Shri Prakash ^a   Hasker, Epco ^b   Singh, Rudra Pratap ^a   Boelaert, Marleen ^b   Sundar, Shyam ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEASON;

PHLEBOTOMUS ARGENTIPES;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS;

EID: 79952333104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014751     Document Type: Article

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