Recrudescence of visceral leishmaniasis unrelated to HIV infection in the Campania region of Italy

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 234-235

  Gradoni, L ^a   Pizzuti, R ^b   Scalone, A ^a   Russo, M ^b   Gramiccia, M ^a   Di Martino, L ^c   Pempinello, R ^d   Gaeta, G B ^e  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Osservatorio Epidemiologico Regionale   (Italy)

^c Unit di Emato oncologia Pediatrica   (Italy)

^d AO Dei Colli Hospital for Infectious Diseases D Cotugno   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Italy; Leishmania infantum; Prevalence; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARASITE VECTOR; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 0029890482     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90226-6     Document Type: Article

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