Risk factors for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Cukurova region, Turkey

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 186-190

  Votýpka, Jan ^a   Kasap, Ozge Erisoz ^b   Volf, Petr ^a   Kodym, Petr ^c   Alten, Bulent ^b,d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d University de Montpellier   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniasis; Risk factors; Turkey

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; KNOWLEDGE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SLEEP; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 84857059834     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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