Active surveillance of American tegumentary leishmaniasis in endemic areas in rural Bolivia;Vigilância ativa da leishmaniose tegumentar americana em áreas endêmicas na Bolívia

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-34

  Tedesqui, Vladimir Luna ^a   Calleja, Guido Noel Chuquimia ^b   Parra, Rolando ^c   Pabón, Javier Palacios ^d   Bóia, Márcio Neves ^a   Carvalho Costa, Filipe Anibal ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Salud de La Paz   (Bolivia)

^c Proyecto Obras Sociales de Caminos de Acceso Rural   (Bolivia)

^d Servicios Educativos   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

American tegumentary leishmaniasis; Bolivia; Diagnosis; Surveillance; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857953147     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822012000100007     Document Type: Review

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