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Leishmaniases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Mutuku J. Mutinga
Mutuku J. Mutinga
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
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Leishmaniases are among the important public health problems facing populations in the tropical and subtropical world. The wide diversity of the state of the disease and its epidemiology contributes greatly to the difficulties experienced in the control or management of the leishmaniases. Each focus of the disease calls for specific control or management strategies. Furthermore, the knowledge of the true prevalence of the disease and the extent to which it is responsible for human suffering and invalidity is lacking. However, our current knowledge of this disease indicates that it is on the increase.

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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 7 , Special Issue 3: Progress in Entomology: Proceedings of the VII International Congress of Protozoology , June 1986 , pp. 421 - 427
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Copyright © ICIPE 1986

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