Serological survey and associated risk factors of visceral leish-maniasis in Qom Province, Central Iran

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-55

  Rakhshanpour, Arash ^a   Mohebali, Mehdi ^a   Akhondi, Behnaz ^a   Rahimi, Mohammad Taghi ^b   Rokni, Mohammad Bagher ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Direct agglutination test; Human; Iran; Prevalence; Seroepidemiology; Visceral Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893026222     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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