Determinants of Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Case-Control Study in Gedaref State, Sudan

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Nackers, Fabienne ^a   Mueller, Yolanda Kathrin ^a   Salih, Niven ^b   Elhag, Mousab Siddig ^c   Elbadawi, Mobarak Elnour ^d   Hammam, Omer ^b   Mumina, Ann ^b   Atia, Atia Abdalla ^b   Etard, Jean François ^a,e   Ritmeijer, Koert ^b   Chappuis, François ^b,f  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^d State Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^f GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SUDAN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949570855     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004187     Document Type: Article

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