Endemic characteristics of infantile visceral leishmaniasis in the People's Republic of China

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fu, Qing ^a,b,c   Li, Shi Zhu ^a,b,c   Wu, Wei Ping ^a,b,c   Hou, Yan Yan ^d   Zhang, Song ^d   Feng, Yu ^e   Zhang, Li Ping ^f   Tang, Lin Hua ^a,b,c  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c WHO Collaborating Center for Malaria Schistosomiasis and Filariasis   (China)

^d The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region   (China)

^e Center for Disease Control of Gansu Province   (China)

^f Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Sichuan Province   (China)

Author keywords

China; Endemic; Infantile; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANTILE VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84877838945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-143     Document Type: Article

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