Prevalence and determinants of Leishmania major infection in emerging and old foci in Tunisia

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bettaieb, Jihene ^a   Toumi, Amine ^a   Chlif, Sadok ^a   Chelghaf, Bilel ^a   Boukthir, Aicha ^a   Gharbi, Adel ^a   Ben Salah, Afif ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Leishmanin Skin Test; Prevalence; Risk factors; Tunisia; Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; ODDS RATIO; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SKIN TEST;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921519094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-386     Document Type: Article

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