TY - GEN AU - Alvar, Jorge AU - Bashaye, Seife AU - Argaw, Daniel AU - Cruz, Israel AU - Aparicio, Pilar AU - Kassa, Askal AU - Orfanos, Giannos AU - Parreño, Fernando AU - Babaniyi, Olusegan AU - Gudeta, Nigussu AU - Cañavate, Carmen AU - Bern, Caryn PY - 2007 SN - 0002-9637 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/17462 AB - In May 2005, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was recognized for the first time in Libo Kemkem, Ethiopia. In October 2005, a rapid assessment was conducted using data from 492 patients with VL treated in the district health center and a household survey of... LA - eng PB - American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) KW - Disease Outbreaks KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Agglutination Tests KW - Animals KW - Child KW - Child, Preschool KW - DNA, Intergenic KW - DNA, Protozoan KW - Ethiopia KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Incidence KW - Infant KW - Leishmania KW - Leishmaniasis, Visceral KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Polymerase Chain Reaction KW - Rural Population KW - Skin Tests TI - Kala-azar outbreak in Libo Kemkem, Ethiopia: epidemiologic and parasitologic assessment TY - research article ER -