Burden of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Villages of Eastern Gedaref State, Sudan: An Exhaustive Cross-Sectional Survey

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Mueller, Yolanda Kathrin ^a   Nackers, Fabienne ^a   Ahmed, Khalid A ^b   Boelaert, Marleen ^c   Djoumessi, Jean Claude ^b   Eltigani, Rahma ^d   Gorashi, Himida Ali ^e   Hammam, Omer ^b   Ritmeijer, Koert ^b   Salih, Niven ^b   Worku, Dagemlidet ^b   Etard, Jean François ^a,f   Chappuis, François ^b,g  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GADARIF   (Sudan)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARASITE LOAD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; AGED; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SUDAN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870753979     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001872     Document Type: Article

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