Short report: Low prevalence of Leishmania infection in post-epidemic areas of Libo Kemkem, Ethiopia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 955-958

  Sordo, Luis ^a   Gadisa, Endalamaw ^b   Custodio, Estefanía ^c   Cruz, Israel ^d   Simón, Fernando ^a   Abraham, Zelalem ^f   Moreno, Javier ^d   Aseffa, Abraham ^b   Tsegaye, Hailu ^b   Nieto, Javier ^d   Chicharro, Carmen ^d   Cañavate, Carmen ^d   Abebe, Zelalem ^e  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Amhara Regional State Research Laboratory   (Ethiopia)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; ETHIOPIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEISHMANIA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SKIN TEST; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMICS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84862175088     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0436     Document Type: Article

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