Epidemiological Changes in Leishmaniasis in Spain According to Hospitalization-Based Records, 1997–2011: Raising Awareness towards Leishmaniasis in Non-HIV Patients

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Herrador, Zaida ^a,b   Gherasim, Alin ^a   Jimenez, B Carolina ^c   Granados, Marisol ^d   San Martín, Juan Victor ^b,e   Aparicio, Pilar ^a  

^a Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^b Tropical Diseases Research Network (RICET in Spanish)   (Spain)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; AGED; COINFECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928802053     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003594     Document Type: Article

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