Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to visceral leishmaniasis in rural communities of Amhara State: a longitudinal study in northwest Ethiopia.

• Main Authors: Noemí López-Perea (Author), Luis Sordo (Author), Endalamaw Gadisa (Author), Israel Cruz (Author), Tsegaye Hailu (Author), Javier Moreno (Author), Abraham Aseffa (Author), Carmen Cañavate (Author), Estefanía Custodio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: In the northwest of Ethiopia, at the South Gondar region, there was a visceral leishmaniasis (VL) outbreak in 2005, making the disease a public health concern for the regional health authorities ever since. The knowledge on how the population perceives the disease is essential in order t...