Visceral leishmaniasis prevalence and associated risk factors in the Saran District of Bihar, India, from 2009 to July of 2011

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 778-784

  Perry, Diana ^a,b   Dixon, Kandice ^a,b   Garlapati, Rajesh ^a,b   Gendernalik, Alex ^a,b   Poché, David ^a,b   Poché, Richard ^a,b  

^a N/A   (United States)

^b not available

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84877100580     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0442     Document Type: Article

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