Ecological study and risk mapping of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Iran based on a geographical information systems approach

Between 1998 and 2001, a total of 1,062 human cases of visceral leishmaniasis were reported from the rural district of Meshkin-Shahr in the mountainous, north-western Iranian province of Ardabil. In the summer of 2008, a cross-sectional study of dogs was conducted in this endemic area by randomly se...

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Main Authors: Abdoreza Salahi-Moghaddam, Mehdi Mohebali, Ali Moshfae, Majid Habibi, Zabiholah Zarei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2010-11-01
Series:Geospatial Health
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Online Access:http://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/188