Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 147-154

  Ready, Paul D ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Leishmania donovani; Leishmania infantum; Surveillance; Transmission control; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; MILTEFOSINE; PAROMOMYCIN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

APPLIED RESEARCH; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALNUTRITION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84899837344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S44267     Document Type: Review

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