Factors Associated with Leishmania Asymptomatic Infection: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey in Highland Northern Ethiopia

Estefanía Custodio; Endalamaw Gadisa; Luis Sordo; Israel Cruz; Javier Moreno; Javier Nieto; Carmen Chicharro; Abraham Aseffa; Zelalem Abraham; Tsegaye Hailu; Carmen Cañavate

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001813

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Factors Associated with Leishmania Asymptomatic Infection: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey in Highland Northern Ethiopia

Estefanía Custodio ,

* E-mail: ecustodio@isciii.es

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Medicina Tropical, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Endalamaw Gadisa,

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Luis Sordo,

Affiliations Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Granada, Spain
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Israel Cruz,

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Center for Leishmaniasis, Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Javier Moreno,

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Center for Leishmaniasis, Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Javier Nieto,

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Center for Leishmaniasis, Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Carmen Chicharro,

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Center for Leishmaniasis, Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Abraham Aseffa,

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Zelalem Abraham,

Affiliation Amhara Regional State Laboratory, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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Tsegaye Hailu,

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Carmen Cañavate

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Center for Leishmaniasis, Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Factors Associated with Leishmania Asymptomatic Infection: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey in Highland Northern Ethiopia

Estefanía Custodio,
Endalamaw Gadisa,
Luis Sordo,
Israel Cruz,
Javier Moreno,
Javier Nieto,
Carmen Chicharro,
Abraham Aseffa,
Zelalem Abraham,
Tsegaye Hailu

Published: September 27, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001813

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