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Knowledge, attitude and practices related to visceral leishmaniasis among residents in Addis Zemen town, South Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), commonly known as kala-azar is a systemic disease caused by parasitic protozoan species of genus Leishmania and transmitted by species of Phlebotomus (sand flies). It is a poverty-related disease and associated with malnutrition, displacement, poor housing, w...

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Autores principales: Alemu, Agersew, Alemu, Abebe, Esmael, Nuraini, Dessie, Yared, Hamdu, Kedir, Mathewos, Biniam, Birhan, Wubet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3642032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23617595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-382