Global distribution maps of the Leishmaniases

eLife

Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Pigott, David M ^a   Bhatt, Samir ^a   Golding, Nick ^a   Duda, Kirsten A ^a   Battle, Katherine E ^a   Brady, Oliver J ^a   Messina, Jane P ^a   Balard, Yves ^b   Bastien, Patrick ^b,c   Pratlong, Francine ^b,c   Brownstein, John S ^d,e   Freifeld, Clark C ^e,f   Mekaru, Sumiko R ^e   Gething, Peter W ^a   George, Dylan B ^g   Myers, Monica F ^a   Reithinger, Richard ^h   Hay, Simon I ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b University de Montpellier   (France)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Boston University   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLY BITE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; LEISHMANIASIS; MODEL; PEER REVIEW; POVERTY; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84904963567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/elife.02851     Document Type: Article

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