Complexities of Assessing the Disease Burden Attributable to Leishmaniasis

Among parasitic diseases, morbidity and mortality caused by leishmaniasis are surpassed only by malaria and lymphatic filariasis. However, estimation of the leishmaniasis disease burden is challenging, due to clinical and epidemiological diversity, marked geographic clustering, and lack of reliable...

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Autores principales: Bern, Caryn, Maguire, James H., Alvar, Jorge
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18958165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000313