Coarse-resolution Ecology of Etiological Agent, Vector, and Reservoirs of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Libya

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Samy, Abdallah M ^a,b   Annajar, Badereddin B ^c   Dokhan, Mostafa Ramadhan ^c,d   Boussaa, Samia ^e,f   Peterson, A Townsend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^c Libyan National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAWIA   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^f Ministry of Health Morocco   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GERBIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LIBYA; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84959532710     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004381     Document Type: Article

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