Visceral leishmaniasis in rural Bihar, India

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1662-1664

  Hasker, Epco ^a   Singh, Shri Prakash ^a   Malaviya, Paritosh ^a   Picado, Albert ^a   Gidwani, Kamlesh ^a   Singh, Rudra Pratap ^a   Menten, Joris ^a   Boelaert, Marleen ^a   Sundar, Shyam ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; NEWBORN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866564070     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1810.111083     Document Type: Article

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