Ongoing outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis in Bologna Province, Italy, November 2012 to May 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 29, 2013, Pages

  Varani, S ^a   Cagarelli, R ^b   Melchionda, F ^a   Attard, L ^a   Salvadori, C ^a   Finarelli, A C ^c   Gentilomi, G A ^a   Tigani, R ^a   Rangoni, R ^c   Todeschini, R ^d   Scalone, A ^e   Di Muccio, T ^e   Gramiccia, M ^e   Gradoni, L ^e   Viale, P ^a   Landini, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Public Health Authority Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^c Emilia Romagna Region   (Italy)

^d Casalecchio di Reno   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84880592934     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2013.18.29.20530     Document Type: Article

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