Visceral Leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: An Evolving Disease

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Leta, Samson ^a   Dao, Thi Ha Thanh ^b   Mesele, Frehiwot ^a   Alemayehu, Gezahegn ^c  

^a Adami Tullu Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VETERINARY RESEARCH   (Viet Nam)

^c SAMARA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; RETINOL; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEWORMING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IRON THERAPY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MALNUTRITION; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE VECTOR; POVERTY; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; RAPID TEST; RISK FACTOR; RK39 RAPID DIP STICK TEST; SUPPLEMENTATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIC; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PARASITOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84907572386     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003131     Document Type: Article

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