Temporal dynamics and impact of climate factors on the incidence of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in central Tunisia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Toumi, Amine ^a   Chlif, Sadok ^a   Bettaieb, Jihene ^a   Alaya, Nissaf Ben ^a   Boukthir, Aicha ^a   Ahmadi, Zaher E ^b   Salah, Afif Ben ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Regional Directorate of Public Health   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHENOPODIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RAIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TEMPERATURE; TUNISIA; AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; RODENT; SEASON; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHENOPODIACEAE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PSYCHODIDAE; RODENTIA; SEASONS; TUNISIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84863677796     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001633     Document Type: Article

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