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Increasing incidence of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis on Crete, Greece

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Antoniou, Maria, Messaritakis, Ippokratis, Christodoulou, Vasiliki , Ascoksilaki, Ioanna, Kanavakis, Nikos, Sutton, A. J., Carson, Connor and Courtenay, Orin. (2009) Increasing incidence of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis on Crete, Greece. Emerging Infectious Diseases (Online), Vol.15 (No.6). pp. 932-934. ISSN 1080-6059

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1506.071666

Abstract

To determine whether the incidence of canine leishmaniasis has increased on Crete, Greece, we fitted infection models to serodiagnostic records of 8,848 dog samples for 1990–2006. Models predicted that seroprevalence has increased 2.4% (95% confidence interval 1.61%–3.51%) per year and that incidence has increased 2.2- to 3.8-fold over this 17-year period.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

R Medicine > RB Pathology
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine

Divisions:

Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Biological Sciences ( -2010)

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Kala-azar -- Greece -- Crete, Zoonoses -- Greece -- Crete, Dogs as carriers of disease -- Greece -- Crete, Kala-azar -- Serodiagnosis

Journal or Publication Title:

Emerging Infectious Diseases (Online)

Publisher:

US Department of Health and Human Services

ISSN:

1080-6059

Official Date:

June 2009

Dates:

Date	Event
June 2009	Published

Volume:

Vol.15

Number:

No.6

Page Range:

pp. 932-934

Identification Number:

10.3201/eid1506.071666

Status:

Peer Reviewed

Access rights to Published version:

Open Access

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