Prevalence of malnutrition and associated risk factors among adult visceral leishmaniasis patients in Northwest Ethiopia: A cross sectional study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mengesha, Bewketu ^a   Endris, Mengistu ^a   Takele, Yegnasew ^a   Mekonnen, Kalehiwot ^a   Tadesse, Takele ^a   Feleke, Amsalu ^a   Diro, Ermias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anemia; HIV; Intestinal parasites; Malnutrition; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; BODY MASS INDEX; COINFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893179630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-75     Document Type: Article

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