Risk factors of visceral leishmaniasis: A case control study in north-western Ethiopia

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yared, Solomon ^a,b   Deribe, Kebede ^a,c   Gebreselassie, Araya ^a,b   Lemma, Wessenseged ^a   Akililu, Essayas ^a   Kirstein, Oscar D ^d   Balkew, Meshesha ^a   Warburg, Alon ^d   Gebre Michael, Teshome ^a   Hailu, Asrat ^e  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JIGJIGA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BED NET; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GOAT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE CONTROL; RAPID TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SLEEP; SMOKING; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HOUSING; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SMOKE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GOATS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964696709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-014-0470-1     Document Type: Article

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