What is responsible for a large and unusual outbreak of leishmaniasis in Madrid?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 579-580

  Carrillo, Eugenia ^a   Moreno, Javier ^a   Cruz, Israel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hare; Leishmaniasis; Madrid; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGRICULTURAL LAND; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; EPIDEMIC; HARE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RATE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; SUBURBAN AREA;

HARE; LEISHMANIASIS; MADRID; OUTBREAK;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; HARES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888080823     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2013.10.007     Document Type: Note

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