Global database of leishmaniasis occurrence locations, 1960-2012

Scientific Data

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pigott, David M ^a   Golding, Nick ^a   Messina, Jane P ^a   Battle, Katherine E ^a   Duda, Kirsten A ^a   Balard, Yves ^b   Bastien, Patrick ^b,c   Pratlong, Francine ^b,c   Brownstein, John S ^d,e   Freifeld, Clark C ^d   Mekaru, Sumiko R ^d   Madoff, Lawrence C ^f,g   George, Dylan B ^h   Myers, Monica F ^a   Hay, Simon I ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f International Society for Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84959532833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20524463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2014.36     Document Type: Article

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