Prevalence and risk factors of louse-borne relapsing fever in high risk populations in Bahir Dar city Northwest, Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yimer, Mulat ^a   Abera, Bayeh ^a   Mulu, Wondemagegn ^a   Bezabih, Belay ^b   Mohammed, Jemal ^c  

^a BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Amhara National Regional State Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^c HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Louse borne relapsing fever; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BORRELIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSING FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORRELIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELAPSING FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908296268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-615     Document Type: Article

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