Eco-epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gadisa, Endalamaw ^a   Tsegaw, Teshome ^a   Abera, Adugna ^a   Elnaiem, Dia Eldin ^b   Den Boer, Margriet ^d   Aseffa, Abraham ^a   Jorge, Alvar ^c  

^a ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^c Visceral Leishmaniasis Program Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)   (Ethiopia)

^d KalaCORE Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS CELIAE; PHLEBOTOMUS LANGERONI; PHLEBOTOMUS MARTINI; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTOR; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

ANIMALS; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALARIA; PHLEBOTOMUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84937569922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0987-y     Document Type: Review

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