Abstract:
:Southern Sudan is one of the areas in eastern Africa most affected by visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar), but lack of security and funds has hampered control. Since 2005, the return of stability has opened up new opportunities to expand existing interventions and introduce new ones.
journal_name
Emerg Infect Disjournal_title
Emerging infectious diseasesauthors
Kolaczinski JH,Hope A,Ruiz JA,Rumunu J,Richer M,Seaman Jdoi
10.3201/eid1404.071099subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-04-01 00:00:00pages
664-6issue
4eissn
1080-6040issn
1080-6059journal_volume
14pub_type
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