Risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis and asymptomatic Leishmania donovani infection in India and Nepal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Picado, Albert ^a   Ostyn, Bart ^b   Singh, Shri Prakash ^c   Uranw, Surendra ^d   Hasker, Epco ^b   Rijal, Suman ^d   Sundar, Shyam ^c   Boelaert, Marleen ^b   Chappuis, François ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEPAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84900313445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087641     Document Type: Article

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