Leishmaniasis worldwide and global estimates of its incidence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Alvar, Jorge ^a   Vélez, Iván D ^a,b   Bern, Caryn ^c   Herrero, Mercé ^a   Desjeux, Philippe ^d   Cano, Jorge ^e   Jannin, Jean ^a   de Boer, Margrietn ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Institute of OneWorldHealth   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ALBANIA; ALGERIA; ARGENTINA; ARMENIA; ASIA; AZERBAIJAN; BANGLADESH; BELIZE; BHUTAN; BOLIVIA; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BRAZIL; BULGARIA; BURKINA FASO; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CENTRAL ASIA; CHAD; CHINA; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROATIA; CYPRUS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DJIBOUTI; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ECUADOR; EGYPT; EL SALVADOR; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; FRANCE; FRENCH GUIANA; GAMBIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); GHANA; GREECE; GUATEMALA; GUINEA; GUINEA-BISSAU; GUYANA; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; IRAN; ISRAEL; ITALY; JORDAN; KAZAKHSTAN; KENYA; KYRGYZSTAN; LEBANON; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MALI; MALTA; MAURITANIA; MEXICO; MIDDLE EAST; MONACO; MONTENEGRO (REPUBLIC); MOROCCO; MORTALITY; NAMIBIA; NEPAL; NICARAGUA; NIGER; NIGERIA; NORTH SUDAN; OMAN; PAKISTAN; PALESTINE; PANAMA; PARAGUAY; PERU; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SENEGAL; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SLOVENIA; SOMALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH SUDAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SRI LANKA; SUDAN; SURINAME; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TAJIKISTAN; THAILAND; TUNISIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TURKMENISTAN; UGANDA; UKRAINE; UZBEKISTAN; VENEZUELA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN ASIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YEMEN; ZAMBIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; TIME;

FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84861665791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035671     Document Type: Review

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