TY - JOUR T1 - Seroepidemiological study of visceral Leishmaniasis (human infection) in East Myankooh area, in Lorestan Province by Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) TT - سرواپیدمیولوژی لیشمانیوز احشایی (عفونت انسانی) با روش آگلوتیناسیون مستقیم JF - Yafteh JO - Yafteh VL - 7 IS - 3 UR - http://yafte.lums.ac.ir/article-1-1086-en.html Y1 - 2005 SP - 31 EP - 35 KW - Seroepidemiology KW - Visceral leishmaniasis KW - Direct Agglutination Test N2 - Background: Leishmaniasis is an infection caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania. This descriptive and cross-sectional study was done in order to determine the seroepidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in East Myankooh area, in Lorestan Province during 2004 – 2005 time period. Materials and methods: This study was a descriptive, cross-sectional study. Multi stage sampling was performed from all children ( M3 ER -