Post-earthquake outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a rural region of southern Iran

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-224

  fakoorziba, M R ^a   Baseri, A ^a   Eghbal, F ^b   Rezaee, S ^a   Azizi, K ^a   Moemenbellah fard, M D ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARTHQUAKE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 79955959793     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485911X12899838683449     Document Type: Article

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