Clinical aspects of paediatric visceral leishmaniasis in North-west Ethiopia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 8-16

  Diro, Ermias ^a,b   Lynen, Lutgarde ^b   Gebregziabiher, Berhane ^c   Assefa, Abraham ^d   Lakew, Wubishet ^a   Belew, Zewdu ^c   Hailu, Asrat ^e   Boelaert, Marleen ^b   van Griensven, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Abera Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^d ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Children; Helminths; Malnutrition; Visceral leishmaniasis; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; PAROMOMYCIN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIMONY GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINAL PARASITOSIS; INTESTINE INFECTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PARASITOSIS; PEDIATRIC VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; STUNTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

VERMES;

AMEBICIDES; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PAROMOMYCIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84913620749     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12407     Document Type: Article

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