Follow-up of a human accidental infection by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis using conventional immunologic techniques and polymerase chain reaction

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-272

  Delgado, Olinda ^a   Guevara, Palmira ^a,b   Silva, Silvia ^a   Belfort, Edgard ^a   Ramirez, Jose Luis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS;

EID: 0029741541     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.267     Document Type: Article

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