title: Visceral leishmaniasis outbreak in South Sudan 2009-2012: epidemiological assessment and impact of a multisectoral response.
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Juba, South Sudan.
authors.forename: Abdinasir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abubakar
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: José Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Postigo
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Juba, South Sudan.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pita
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Juba, South Sudan.
authors.forename: Mounir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lado
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Riadh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ben-Ismail
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Argaw
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alvar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013397:Sudan / Q000453:epidemiology