One More Death from Visceral Leishmaniasis Has Gone by Unnoticed. What Can Be Done?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Matlashewski, Greg ^a   Pandey, Ravindra ^b   Das, Vidyanand ^b   Das, Pradeep ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; MILTEFOSINE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEVER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84879512542     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002082     Document Type: Article

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